Family tree Ham » Elsien Houwing (± 1853-1935)

Personal data Elsien Houwing 


Household of Elsien Houwing

She is married to Remko Franzen.

They got married on April 19, 1879 at Wedde.


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Franzen  ± 1883-???? 

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Historical events

Day of marriage April 19, 1879

  • The temperature on April 19, 1879 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
    • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
    • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
    • May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
    • September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
    • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄2 hours before burning out).

Day of death November 1, 1935

  • The temperature on November 1, 1935 was between 10.7 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
    • February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
    • April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
    • May 25 » Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
    • October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
    • November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
  • 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
  • 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
  • 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
  • 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
  • 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)

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