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Personal data Gerrit Wessels 


Household of Gerrit Wessels

He is married to Aleida Kolthof.

They got married

Datum: huw.akte 1 zoon

Child(ren):

  1. Johannes Wessels  1823-1901 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Wessels

Gerrit Wessels
1788-1864


Aleida Kolthof
1788-1857

Johannes Wessels
1823-1901

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Day of death April 8, 1864

  • The temperature on April 8, 1864 was about 1.4 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 29 » American Civil War: Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid fails: Plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
    • March 11 » The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
    • May 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
    • August 10 » After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
    • September 2 » American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
    • December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.


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