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Personal data Wilhelmus Joannes "Willem Jan" (Wilhelmus Joannes "Willem Jan") Peeters
- First name Wilhelmus Joannes "Willem Jan".
- He was born on December 9, 1757 in Bornem, België.
- Profession: Dagloner.
- He died on April 16, 1790 in Bornem, België, he was 32 years old.
- A child of Jacobus Peeters and Petronella van den Bossche (Van Den Bosch)
Household of Wilhelmus Joannes "Willem Jan" (Wilhelmus Joannes "Willem Jan") Peeters
He is married to Maria Elisabeth Borms.
Dagloner Willem Peeters overleed op amper 32-jarige leeftijd in Bornem. Slechts enkele maanden na zijn overlijden, huwde de jonge weduwe Elisabeth Borms al met Adrianus Van Kerckhoven. Met Adrianus kreeg Elisabethnog vier kinderen. Moeder Elisabeth Borms werkte in 1804 als landbouwster.
Zoon Henricus, oftewel Henry, die werkte als landbouwer huwde in 1804 met Petronella Lenaerts. Het koppel Peeters-Lenaerts kreeg vijf kinderen waarvan géén enkele ouder werd dan 30 jaar. Verschillende van hun kinderen werkte mee als landbouwers. Ondertussen werkte Henricus ook als dagloner en arbeider. Na 31 jaar huwelijk overleed Petronella in 1837. Vier jaar later, in 1841, huwde de toen 60-jarige Henricus met de spinster Constantia Pauwels in haar geboortedorp Mariekerke. Met haar kreeg Henricus één zoon. Eind mei 1855 overleed Henricus in Bornem op 73-jarige leeftijd.
De tweede zoon, Jacobus, huwde in 1806 te Bornem met Elisabeth Lenaerts. Het koppel kreeg vijf kinderen. Jacobus werkte gedurende zijn leven als dagloner en wever. Na het overlijden van Elisabeth, hertrouwde Jacobus met ene Joanna Catharina Seghers uit Puurs. Het koppel kreeg enkel een doodgeboren baby in 1817. Jacobus werkte als handwerker wanneer hij in 1848 op 65-jarige leeftijd in Bornem overleed.
De derde zoonvan het gezin was Andreas, of kortweg André. Hij werkte als knecht wanneer hij in 1811 huwde te Bornem met de twee jaar jongere dienster Jeanne-Marie Suykens. Het koppel kreeg zeven kinderen. André zelf overleed op amper 48-jarige leeftijd in de bossen op Luipegem door een val van een boom.
Dochter Joanna Van Kerckhove werkte als dienstmeid wanneer ze in 1839 huwde met schaapsherder Petrus Ceuppens.
Moeder Borms herhuwde
Huwelijksakte vertaling:
Na voorafgaande ondertrouw, voltrokken op 3 november, en na drie huwelijksafkondigingen is op 21 november 1780 het huwelijk gesloten tussen Joannes Peeters, die niet kan schrijven en woont in Bornem, en Elisabetha Borms, eveneens niet schrijfvaardig, geboren in Sint-Amands en wonende te Bornem — in tegenwoordigheid van mij, ondergetekende pastoor, en de getuigen Jacobus Verdieck, die niet kan schrijven, en Petrus Van den Bergh, wonende te Bornem.
They got married on November 21, 1780 at Bornem, België, he was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
- Joannes "Jan" Peeters 1786-????
- Petrus Peeters 1788-????
Notes about Wilhelmus Joannes "Willem Jan" (Wilhelmus Joannes "Willem Jan") Peeters
Volgens overlijdensakte zoon van Jacobi en Petronella Van Den Bosch
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Historical events
Birthday December 9, 1757
- The temperature on December 9, 1757 was about 5.0 °C. There was 132 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1757: Source: Wikipedia
- January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
- May 6 » English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
- May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
- June 18 » Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marshal Count Leopold Joseph von Daun in the Seven Years' War.
- June 23 » Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.
- December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
Day of marriage November 21, 1780
- The temperature on November 21, 1780 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1780: Source: Wikipedia
- March 14 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans.
- April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
- June 23 » American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
- September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
- September 23 » American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
- October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
Day of death April 16, 1790
- The temperature on April 16, 1790 was about 5.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1790: Source: Wikipedia
- March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
- May 29 » Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
- May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
- July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
- December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
- December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.
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