Family tree Van Willigen » Neeltje Boom (1842-????)

Personal data Neeltje Boom 

  • She was born in the year 1842 in Giessen-Nieuwkerk.
  • A child of Arie Boom and Maaike van Zouwe
  • This information was last updated on May 20, 2012.

Household of Neeltje Boom

She is married to Sander van Willigen.

They got married on December 19, 1868 at Sliedrecht, she was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Metje van Willigen  1869-???? 
  2. Arie van Willigen  1871-???? 
  3. Maaike van Willigen  1874-???? 
  4. Sander van Willigen  1875-???? 
  5. Adriaan van Willigen  1878-1933 

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Historical events

  • The temperature on December 19, 1868 was about 8.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • 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 year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
    • June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
    • September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
    • November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
    • December 10 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
    • December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.

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