Family tree Van der Eijk Van Busschbach Leegwater Stiemer » Gerrit Leegwater (1825-1887)

Personal data Gerrit Leegwater 


Household of Gerrit Leegwater

(1) He is married to Geertje Steenman.

They got married on April 9, 1869 at Schermerhorn, he was 44 years old.

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(2) He is married to Trijntje de Vries.

They got married on June 5, 1847 at Schermerhorn, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Hendrik Leegwater  1848-1885
  2. Pieter Leegwater  1850-1933
  3. Klaas Leegwater  1853-1935 
  4. Maartje Leegwater  1857-1882 
  5. Cornelis Leegwater  1862-1934 

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    Historical events

    Day of marriage June 5, 1847

    • The temperature on June 5, 1847 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 year 1847: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • February 22 » Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
      • September 6 » Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
      • September 13 » Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.
      • October 9 » Slavery in the British and French Caribbean: Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy.
      • October 16 » The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
      • November 19 » The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad, is opened.

    Day of death August 8, 1887

    • The temperature on August 8, 1887 was about 22.9 °C. The air pressure was 38 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
      • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
      • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
      • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
      • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
      • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
    

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    About the surname Leegwater


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