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Personal data Helena de Rijk 

  • She was born on December 21, 1843 in Halsteren, N-Br, NL.
  • Occupations:
    • from 1868 till 1884 Arbeidster.
    • from 1905 till 1920 Zonder beroep.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1843: Molen, Halsteren.
    • in the year 1845: Lepelstraat.
    • from 1849 till 1850: Lepelstraat A87.
    • in the year 1850: A 68c Lepelstraat.
    • in the year 1851: Lepelstraat
      A 87 Halsteren.
    • from 1868 till 1872: B 93, Halsteren.
    • from 1874 till 1879: A 59c, Lepelstraat.
    • in the year 1884: A 78, Lepelstraat.
    • in the year 1903: Gemeente Halsteren.
    • from 1905 till 1915: D 111, Halsteren.
    • from 1915 till 1920: D 228, Halsteren.
  • She died on May 8, 1920 in Halsteren, N-Br, NL, she was 76 years old.
  • A child of Adrianus de Rijk and Elisabeth van de Sanden
  • This information was last updated on September 25, 2022.

Household of Helena de Rijk

She is married to Cornelis van Schoor.

They got married on April 15, 1868 at Halsteren, she was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Jan van Schoor  1868-1872
  4. Catharina van Schoor  1871-???? 
  5. Joanna van Schoor  1872-1954 
  6. Adriana van Schoor  1874-????
  8. Jan van Schoor  1876-???? 
  9. Frans van Schoor  1879-1879
  11. Elisabeth van Schoor  1882-1964 
  12. Pieternella van Schoor  1884-???? 

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    Birthday December 21, 1843

    • The temperature on December 21, 1843 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken dampig. Source: KNMI
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      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 year 1843: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • February 6 » The first minstrel show in the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opens (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City).
      • February 25 » Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet Affair (1843).
      • June 26 » Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
      • August 15 » Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
      • September 21 » John Williams Wilson takes possession of the Strait of Magellan on behalf of the Chilean government.
      • December 16 » The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.

    Day of marriage April 15, 1868

    • The temperature on April 15, 1868 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • January 3 » Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
      • March 8 » Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai, Osaka.
      • September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
      • November 30 » A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården.
      • December 10 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
      • December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

    Day of death May 8, 1920

    • The temperature on May 8, 1920 was between 5.8 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
      • January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
      • January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
      • February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
      • November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.
      • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
      • December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.

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