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Personal data Jan Wouter Herwig 

  • He was born on August 31, 1879 in Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland.
    Bron Burgerlijke stand - Geboorte
    Archieflocatie Stadsarchief Dordrecht / DiEP
    Algemeen Gemeente: Alblasserdam
    Soort akte: Geboorteakte
    Aktenummer: 128
    Aangiftedatum: 01-09-1879
    Kind Jan Wouter Herwig
    Geslacht: M
    Vondeling: N
    Geboortedatum: 31-08-1879
    Geboorteplaats: Alblasserdam
    Vader Nijs Herwig
    Moeder Engeltje Ooms
  • He died on May 25, 1913 in Rotterdam, ZuidHolland, Nederland, he was 33 years old.
    OverledeneJan Wouter Herwig , leeftijd 33 jaar
    VaderNijs Herwig
    MoederEngetje Ooms
    Echtgenoo/teAlida van Meel

    Plaats Rotterdam
    Datum overlijden25-05-1913

    Opmerkingenakte nr. 2361

    GeboorteplaatsAlblasserdam
    Bron Rotterdam 1913 c059v
  • A child of Nijs Herwig and Engeltje Ooms

Household of Jan Wouter Herwig

He is married to Alida van Meel.

They got married on August 30, 1905 at Rotterdam, ZuidHolland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.

BruidegomJan Wouter Herwig , geb. Alblasserdam 25 jaar
VaderNijs Herwig
MoederEngetje Ooms
BruidAlida van Meel , geb. Bergschenhoek 27 jaar
VaderPieter van Meel
MoederDina Meijer

Plaats huwelijk Rotterdam
Huwelijksdatum30-08-1905

Bron Rotterdam 1905 j95v

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Wouter Herwig

Nijs Herwig
1838-????
Engeltje Ooms
1843-1914

Jan Wouter Herwig
1879-1913

1905

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  • The temperature on August 31, 1879 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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.
    • 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 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
    • May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
    • May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
    • October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
    • December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • The temperature on August 30, 1905 was between 12.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
    • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
    • June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
    • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
    • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
    • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
  • The temperature on May 25, 1913 was between 7.6 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
    • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
    • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
    • August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
    • October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
    • November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1878 » Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer († 1933)
  • 1879 » Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author († 1964)
  • 1879 » Taishō, emperor of Japan († 1926)
  • 1880 » Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands († 1962)
  • 1884 » George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science († 1956)
  • 1885 » DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright († 1940)

Source: Wikipedia


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