Family tree Van Knippenberg » Grietje Scheper van Essen (1842-1912)

Personal data Grietje Scheper van Essen 

  • She was born in the year 1842 in Voorst-Nijbroek, Gelderland, Netherlands.
  • She died on October 17, 1912 in Voorst-Nijbroek, Gelderland, Netherlands, she was 70 years old.

Household of Grietje Scheper van Essen

She is married to Gerrit Knippenberg.

They got married on April 6, 1895 at Voorst-Nijbroek, Gelderland, Netherlands, she was 53 years old.

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Historical events

  • The temperature on October 17, 1912 was between 4.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
    • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
    • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
    • July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
    • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
    • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.


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Van Knippenberg, "Family tree Van Knippenberg", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-van-knippenberg/I2960.php : accessed January 26, 2026), "Grietje Scheper van Essen (1842-1912)".