Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Willem van Beelen (1874-1915)

Personal data Willem van Beelen 

Source 1
  • He was born on August 18, 1874 in Katwijk, ZH, NL.Source 1
  • Profession: kok op "Wilhemina III".
  • He died on June 26, 1915 in Op zee, he was 40 years old.Source 1
    KW 147 "Wilhelmina III"
    Op 26 juni 1915 was het dik van de mist. Tijdens het halen van de vleet in de vroege ochtend werd de logger overvaren door de Britse kruiser PRINCESS ROYAL. Daar achter voeren nog twee torpedojagers die ook over het zinkende schip voeren. Van de 14 bemanningsleden zijn er vier gered door twee terug varende Torpedojagers. Zij werden in Cromarty aan wal gezet.
    De bemanningsleden die omkwamen waren;
    Kok Willem van Beelen, 40 jaar, Katwijk
    Matroos Pieter Guijt, 45 jaar Katwijk
    Matroos Jacob de Best, 30 jaar, Katwijk
    Matroos Klaas van der Plas, 17 jaar, Katwijk
    Matroos Willem de Mol, 41 jaar, Katwijk
    Matroos Arie Spierenburg, 30 jaar, Sassenheim
    Matroos Anton van der Brugge, 18 jaar, Sassenheim
    Matroos Jacob Wolters, 18 jaar, Wassenaar
    Matroos Jacobus de Regt, 25 jaar, Terneuzen
    Jongen Willem de Mol, 12 jaar, Katwijk
    Gered zijn:
    Schipper Willem van der Plas
    Schippersmaat Jeroen den Hollander
    Jongen N. van Beelen Wzn
    matroos Arie Wassenaar, 15 jaar
  • A child of Klaas van Beelen and Teunisje de Jong

Household of Willem van Beelen

He is married to Jacoba de Jong.

They got married on June 22, 1901 at Katwijk, ZH, NL, he was 26 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Nicolaas van Beelen  1902-1983 
  2. Huig van Beelen  1904-1905
  3. Aagje van Beelen  1907-1961 
  4. Jan van Beelen  1908-1985
  5. Adriana van Beelen  1910-1910
  6. Huig van Beelen  1911-1912
  7. Huig van Beelen  1913-1989

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  2. Katwijk 1901 hw37

Historical events

Birthday August 18, 1874

  • The temperature on August 18, 1874 was about 20.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
    • May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
    • July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
    • July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
    • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
    • October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.

Day of marriage June 22, 1901

  • The temperature on June 22, 1901 was between 16.4 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
    • March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
    • July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
    • August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
    • September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
    • October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

Day of death June 26, 1915

  • The temperature on June 26, 1915 was between 10.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
    • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
    • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
    • August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
    • August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
    • September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.


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Source: Wikipedia

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