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Household of Wijger Hovius

He is married to Maria Hendrika Tel.

They got married on April 16, 1893 at Zaandam (NH), he was 26 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wijger Hovius

Pieter Derks Hovius
1784-1857
Aaltje Ennes Kuipers
± 1786-1829
Wieger Tjebbes Sytsma
1790-1846
Janke Jans Ploeger
± 1794-1861

Wijger Hovius
1867-1945

1893

Maria Hendrika Tel
1873-????


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1867
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Historical events

Birthday February 15, 1867

  • The temperature on February 15, 1867 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. 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)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
    • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
    • May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
    • August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
    • September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
    • November 3 » Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).

Day of marriage April 16, 1893

  • The temperature on April 16, 1893 was about 9.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
    • January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
    • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
    • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
    • December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

Day of death December 27, 1945

  • The temperature on December 27, 1945 was between 3.1 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • February 23 » World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies."
    • May 8 » The Halifax riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia.
    • September 16 » World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
    • November 16 » UNESCO is founded.
    • November 20 » Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.
    • November 27 » CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to a send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II.


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Source: Wikipedia

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