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Personal data Petronella Catharina "Petronella" Willems 


Household of Petronella Catharina "Petronella" Willems

She is married to Dirk Martinus van Rooijen.

They got married on November 16, 1892 at Amsterdam, she was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Geertruida van Rooijen  1900-1975 
  2. Cornelia van Rooijen  1903-1990 
  3. Jansje van Rooijen  1904-1977 
  4. Willem van Rooijen  1913-1985 

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  • The temperature on February 23, 1873 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
    • March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
    • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
    • August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
    • September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.
    • October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
  • The temperature on November 16, 1892 was about 9.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
    • April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
    • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
    • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
    • September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
    • November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
  • The temperature on March 17, 1943 was between -1 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USSChicago(CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
    • February 20 » American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
    • March 5 » First Flight of the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first combat jet aircraft.
    • April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
    • June 4 » A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
    • September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.


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