Family tree Van der Eijk Van Busschbach Leegwater Stiemer » Willem Leegwater (1841-1911)
Personal data Willem Leegwater
- He was born in the year 1841 in Oudendijk.
- Occupations:
- on April 25, 1901 arbeider in Warder.
- on May 10, 1906 timmerman in Purmerend.
- on March 19, 1892 timmerman in Avenhorn.
- on September 10, 1867 timmerman in Avenhorn.
- on February 15, 1881 timmerman in Berkhout.
- on February 27, 1881 timmerman in Avenhorn.
- on May 28, 1872 timmerman in Avenhorn.
- Resident:
- on December 28, 1911: AvenhornHASH(0x5625247c6f60), Scharwoude.
- on March 19, 1892: AvenhornHASH(0x5625247ccac0), Scharwoude.
- on September 10, 1867: AvenhornHASH(0x5625247d0760), Scharwoude.
- on February 15, 1881: BerkhoutAvenhorn.
- on February 27, 1881: AvenhornHASH(0x5625247d6060), Scharwoude.
- on May 28, 1872: AvenhornHASH(0x5625247d8b80), Scharwoude.
- He died on December 28, 1911 in Avenhorn, he was 70 years old.
- A child of Pieter Leegwater and Ebeltje Gerrits Krijger
Household of Willem Leegwater
(1) He is married to Hillegond Ooms.
They got married on March 20, 1898 at Avenhorn, he was 57 years old.
: Willem, timmermansknecht; Hillegond, huishoudster;
(2) He is married to Geertje Bloem.
They got married on June 5, 1864 at Schermerhorn, he was 23 years old.
: Willem, timmerman; Neeltje, dienstbode;
Child(ren):
- Pieter Leegwater 1865-1867
- Pieter Leegwater 1869-1881
- Cornelis Leegwater 1870-1872
- Ebeltje Leegwater 1872-1892
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Historical events
Day of marriage June 5, 1864
- The temperature on June 5, 1864 was about 18.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 17 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USSHousatonic.
- April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
- August 23 » American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
- October 7 » American Civil War: A US Navy ship captures a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
- December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
- December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Day of death December 28, 1911
- The temperature on December 28, 1911 was between -0.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
- May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
- May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
- August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
- October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
- November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
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- 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)
- 1919 » Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854)
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