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Personal data Simon Nels 


Household of Simon Nels

(1) He is married to Dirkje van der Weijden.

They got married about 1786 at Schiedam.


Child(ren):

  1. Dirk Nels  1788-1829
  2. Adriana (anna) Nels  1789-1849 


(2) He is married to Wilhelmina Pieters Middendorp.

They got married on November 18, 1792 at Delft, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Arendje Nels  1792-1833

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Simon Nels

Simon Nels
1763-1838

(1) ± 1786

Dirkje van der Weijden
????-1792

Dirk Nels
1788-1829
Adriana (anna) Nels
1789-1849
(2) 1792

Wilhelmina Pieters Middendorp
1763-< 1838

Arendje Nels
1792-1833

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Historical events

Day of marriage November 18, 1792

  • The temperature on November 18, 1792 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
    • April 20 » France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
    • May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
    • May 21 » A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that kills nearly 15,000 people.
    • September 22 » Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
    • December 11 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

Day of death October 25, 1838

  • The temperature on October 25, 1838 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • April 30 » Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
    • August 18 » The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
    • September 18 » The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
    • October 5 » The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
    • October 27 » Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be killed.
    • December 16 » Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.


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