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Personal data Willem Smits 


Household of Willem Smits

(1) He is married to Anna Maria van Bochove.

They got married on February 11, 1853 at Moordrecht.


Child(ren):

  1. Gijsbert Smits  1853-1855
  2. Anna Maria Smits  1854-1855


(2) He is married to Helena van Bochove.

They got married on August 13, 1861 at Moordrecht.


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Maria Smits  1862-1939
  2. Gijsbert Smits  1863-1885
  3. Willem Smits  1865-????
  4. Helena Smits  1868-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Smits

Willem Smits
± 1818-1877

(1) 1853

Anna Maria van Bochove
1824-1861

Gijsbert Smits
1853-1855
Anna Maria Smits
1854-1855
(2) 1861

Helena van Bochove
1825-1899

Anna Maria Smits
1862-1939
Gijsbert Smits
1863-1885
Willem Smits
1865-????
Helena Smits
1868-????

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Historical events

Day of marriage August 13, 1861

  • The temperature on August 13, 1861 was about 20.6 °C. The air pressure was 6.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 10 » American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
    • January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
    • February 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
    • July 21 » American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
    • August 19 » First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
    • October 24 » The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.

Day of death November 2, 1877

  • The temperature on November 2, 1877 was about 7.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 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 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 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
    • May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
    • May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
    • July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
    • October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
    • October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.


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