Family tree Severijn » Mels van de Merwe (1757-????)

Personal data Mels van de Merwe 


Household of Mels van de Merwe

(1) He is married to Adriana Eikelenboom.

They got married in the year 1778 at Dubbeldam, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jan van de Merwe  1778-???? 
  2. Grietje van de Merwe  1782-???? 


(2) He is married to Neeltje de Waard.

They got married on March 4, 1787 at Dubbeldam, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Gerrit van de Merwe  1789-< 1801
  2. Aaltje van de Merwe  1792-????
  3. Elisabeth van de Merwe  1796-< 1803
  4. Gerrit van de Merwe  1801-????
  5. Mels van de Merwe  1810-????

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Historical events

  • The temperature on January 17, 1757 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel 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)
  • 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.
    • January 16 » Forces of the Maratha Empire defeat a 5,000-strong army of the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Narela.
    • 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).
    • 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.
    • December 31 » Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
  • The temperature on March 4, 1787 was about 7.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
    • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
    • August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
    • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
    • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.


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About the surname Van de Merwe


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Gijsbertus Cornelis (Bert) Severijn, "Family tree Severijn", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-severijn/I6809.php : accessed January 22, 2026), "Mels van de Merwe (1757-????)".