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Personal data Willemke Alberts van der Leij 


Household of Willemke Alberts van der Leij

She is married to Ruurd Geerts van der Meer.

They got married on February 9, 1876 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 18 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willemke Alberts van der Leij

Ebele Uilkes Schouwstra
± 1795-1863
Geeske Wytzes Leegsma
1798-1870

Willemke Alberts van der Leij
1857-1942

1876

Ruurd Geerts van der Meer
1851-1939


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1857, Opsterland
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  3. Huwelijksregister 1876, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday May 13, 1857

  • The temperature on May 13, 1857 was about 13.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • May 6 » The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
    • May 26 » Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
    • July 27 » Indian Rebellion: Sixty-eight men hold out for eight days against a force of 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying sepoys and 8,000 irregular forces.
    • September 7 » Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
    • October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
    • November 16 » Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.

Day of marriage February 9, 1876

  • The temperature on February 9, 1876 was about -8.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
    • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
    • February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
    • April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
    • July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
    • November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.

Day of death August 2, 1942

  • The temperature on August 2, 1942 was between 12.3 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • February 28 » The heavy cruiser USSHouston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMASPerth which lost 375 men.
    • June 21 » World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
    • July 6 » Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
    • August 17 » World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
    • September 13 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
    • October 9 » Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.


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