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Personal data Alexander Wilhelm Kessing 

  • He was born on April 23, 1871 in Soerabaja.Source 1
  • Profession: maandgelder/ klerk , op het residentiekantoor te Soerabaja.Source 2
  • Resident: Soerabaja.
  • This information was last updated on September 21, 2025.

Household of Alexander Wilhelm Kessing

He is married to Cecilia Magdalena Schelkers.

They got married on November 21, 1891 at Soerabaja, he was 20 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):


The couple were divorced from July 11, 1914 at Soerabaja.Source 4

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Sources

  1. https://cbgverzamelingen.nl/zoeken?search=Kessing&collection=Oost-Indische%20bronnen&sort=order_s_per_geboorte%20desc; RA1872/227
  2. BRP21/117
  3. RA1893/286
  4. RA1915/153

Historical events

Birthday April 23, 1871

  • The temperature on April 23, 1871 was about 13.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
    • March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
    • April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
    • April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
    • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
    • December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.

Day of marriage November 21, 1891

  • The temperature on November 21, 1891 was about 9.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
    • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
    • October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.


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