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Personal data Cornelia Brak 


Household of Cornelia Brak

She is married to Dirk Schenk.

Het echtpaar vertrok van Barsingerhorn naar West Grafdijk en vandaar naar Duitsland waar Dirk Schenk is overleden (datum onbekend) De weduwe is met haar kinderen teruggekomen en heeft nog jaren op het Rijpje gewoond.

They got married on February 24, 1899 at Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland, she was 26 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Cornelia Brak

Arien Wit
1807-1887
Neeltje Groenveld
1812-1869
Arie Brak
1836-1927
Geertje Wit
1837-< 1895

Cornelia Brak
1872-1956

1899

Dirk Schenk
1871-????


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    Historical events

    Birthday July 2, 1872

    • The temperature on July 2, 1872 was about 15.3 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. 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)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • 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 1872: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
      • May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
      • May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
      • June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
      • September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
      • December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

    Day of marriage February 24, 1899

    • The temperature on February 24, 1899 was about -2.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
      • January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
      • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
      • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
      • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
      • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.

    Day of death June 6, 1956

    • The temperature on June 6, 1956 was between 4.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
      • March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
      • March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
      • July 9 » The 7.7 Mw  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
      • July 26 » Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
      • September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
      • November 4 » Soviet troops enter Hungary to end the Hungarian revolution against the Soviet Union that started on October 23. Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.
    

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