Family tree Dirk Beerta » Willem Brouwer (1847-1917)

Personal data Willem Brouwer 


Household of Willem Brouwer

He is married to Grietje van der Laan.

They got married on May 20, 1871 at Veendam, Groningen, Nederland, he was 24 years old.

Huwelijk: 20-05-1871, Veendam
Bruidegom: Willem Brouwer, boerenknecht
Vader bruidegom: Koop Willem Brouwer, werkman
Moeder bruidegom: Janke Wessel Doddema, werkvrouw
Bruid: Grietje van der Laan, dienstmeid
Vader bruid: Albert van der Laan, timmerman
Moeder bruid: Biena Bos
Bron: Huwelijksregister Veendam 1871; Aktenummer 37

Child(ren):

  1. Janke Brouwer  1872-????
  2. Albert Brouwer  1876-1942 
  3. Jacobus Brouwer  1881-1957 

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Willem Brouwer?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!

Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Brouwer

Willem Brouwer
1847-1917

1871

Grietje van der Laan
1842-1922

Janke Brouwer
1872-????
Albert Brouwer
1876-1942
Jacobus Brouwer
1881-1957

With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).


Visualize another relationship

The data shown has no sources.

Matches in other publications

This person also appears in the publication:

Historical events

Birthday January 6, 1847

  • The temperature on January 6, 1847 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California.
    • January 16 » John C. Frémont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
    • April 18 » American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
    • July 26 » Liberia declares its independence.
    • October 12 » Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske, which later becomes Siemens AG.
    • November 29 » Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.

Day of marriage May 20, 1871

  • The temperature on May 20, 1871 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • 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.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
    • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
    • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
    • July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
    • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
    • September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.

Day of death October 31, 1917

  • The temperature on October 31, 1917 was between 3.6 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
    • January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
    • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
    • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
    • May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
    • November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Brouwer

  • View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Brouwer.
  • Check the information Open Archives has about Brouwer.
  • Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Brouwer.

The Family tree Dirk Beerta publication was prepared by .contact the author
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Dirk Beerta, "Family tree Dirk Beerta", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stanboom-dirk-beerta/I970.php : accessed February 26, 2026), "Willem Brouwer (1847-1917)".