Family tree Menting » Gerarda Leegstraten (????-1900)

Personal data Gerarda Leegstraten 


Household of Gerarda Leegstraten

She is married to Jan van Kouwen.

They got married on February 5, 1858 at Druten.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Gradus van Kouwen  1873-1957

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Sources

  1. Burgerlijke stand - Overlijden. Archieflocactie: Gelders Archief. Akteplaats: Deest (Druten). Archief: 207. Inventarisnummer: 5385. Aktenummer: 15.
  2. Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk. Archieflocactie: Gelders Archief. Akteplaats: Druten. Archief: 207. Inventarisnummer: 5420. Aktenummer: 4.

Historical events

Day of marriage February 5, 1858

  • The temperature on February 5, 1858 was about 3.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1858: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 14 » Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris.
    • June 16 » Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
    • August 7 » The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College.
    • August 11 » The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
    • August 21 » The first of the Lincoln–Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.
    • November 17 » The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.

Day of death February 6, 1900

  • The temperature on February 6, 1900 was about 0.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
    • February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
    • March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
    • June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
    • July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
    • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.


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About the surname Leegstraten


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