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Personal data Willem Johan Melchers 


Household of Willem Johan Melchers

He is married to Aagje Knap.

They got married on August 7, 1862 at Amsterdam, he was 25 years old.Source 1

Huwelijk op 7 augustus 1862 te Amsterdam

Vader van de bruidegom
Daniel Melchers, houtkoper van beroep
Moeder van de bruidegom
Anna Dorothea Eberegt

Bruidegom
Willem Johan Melchers, geboren te Amsterdam, 25 jaar oud, houtkoper van beroep

Bruid
Aagje Knap, geboren te Amsterdam, 19 jaar oud

Vader van de bruid
Gerrit Willem Knap, Koopman van beroep
Moeder van de bruid
Aagje Andringa

Child(ren):

  1. Gerrit Willem Melchers  1869-1952 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Johan Melchers

Willem Johan Melchers
1837-????

1862

Aagje Knap
1843-????

Gerrit Willem Melchers
1869-1952

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Sources

  1. Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk. Archieflocactie: Noord-Hollands Archief Amsterdam, 7 augustus 1862. Aktenummer: Reg.7 fol. 38.

Historical events

Day of marriage August 7, 1862

  • The temperature on August 7, 1862 was about 13.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 1 » American Civil War: The Union Army completes its capture of New Orleans.
    • June 1 » American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: The Battle of Seven Pines (or the Battle of Fair Oaks) ends inconclusively, with both sides claiming victory.
    • August 17 » American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
    • August 28 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
    • September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
    • November 5 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

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