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Waarschuwing Attention: Partner (Anna Petronella Brinkman) is 34 years younger.

He is married to Anna Petronella Brinkman.

They got married on September 19, 1878 at Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 40 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerardus Johannes Witmer

Hermanus Witmer
1775-1835
Maria Elisabeth de Groot
1778-1835
Johannes Goetz
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Maria Elisabeth Dumee
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Gerardus Johannes Witmer
1838-1920

1878

Anna Petronella Brinkman
1872-????


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    Birthday June 5, 1838

    • The temperature on June 5, 1838 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: helder. 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.
      • February 17 » Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
      • June 28 » Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
      • July 4 » The Iowa Territory is organized.
      • July 15 » Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
      • September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
      • 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.

    Day of marriage September 19, 1878

    • The temperature on September 19, 1878 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
      • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
      • June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
      • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
      • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
      • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

    Day of death June 19, 1920

    • The temperature on June 19, 1920 was between 9.2 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
      • January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
      • March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
      • March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
      • March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
      • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
      • July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
    

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