Family tree Mertens » Catharina Vriens (1857-1931)

Personal data Catharina Vriens 

  • She was born on January 28, 1857 in Nieuw Vossemeer, N-Br, NL.
  • Occupations:
    • from 1884 till 1905 Arbeidster.
    • from 1905 till 1915 Zonder beroep.
  • Resident:
    • from 1883 till 1887: D 28, Halsteren.
    • in the year 1893: D 30, Halsteren.
    • from 1905 till 1914: B 3, Halsteren.
    • from 1914 till 1915: Bergen op Zoom.
      5-5-1914 van Halsteren naar Bergen op Zoom gegaan
    • from 1916 till 1917: H 9, Halsteren.
    • in the year 1918: Gemeente Halsteren.
    • from 1918 till 1920: A 49, Halsteren.
    • from 1920 till 1925: A 51, Halsteren.
    • from 1925 till 1926: Meeussenstraat 18, Bergen op Zoom.
      23-4-1925 van Halsteren naar Bergen op Zoom gegaan
  • She died on January 1, 1931 in Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL, she was 73 years old.
  • A child of Johannes Vriens and Johanna van Veldhoven
  • This information was last updated on May 16, 2023.

Household of Catharina Vriens

(1) She is married to Christiaan van der Rijsen.

They got married


Child(ren):

  2. Jan van der Rijsen  1883-1883


(2) She is married to Johannes Schuurwegen.

They got married on March 30, 1918 at Halsteren, she was 61 years old.

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Birthday January 28, 1857

  • The temperature on January 28, 1857 was about -4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 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.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 9 » The 7.9 Mw  Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
    • May 6 » The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
    • June 1 » Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is published.
    • June 26 » The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
    • September 7 » Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
    • September 12 » The SSCentral America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.

Day of marriage March 30, 1918

  • The temperature on March 30, 1918 was between 3.8 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • January 8 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
    • August 13 » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
    • August 31 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
    • November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
    • November 18 » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
    • December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.

Day of death January 1, 1931

  • The temperature on January 1, 1931 was between 2.4 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
    • March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
    • March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
    • October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
    • October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
    • November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.

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