Brief Life History of Lijdia
When Lijdia Huijsman was born on 9 March 1835, in Zwijndrecht, South Holland, Netherlands, her father, Johannes Jacobus Huijsman, was 29 and her mother, Johanna Christina Hammes, was 31. She married Thimotheus Mets on 22 October 1862, in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1864. She died on 3 October 1922, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Lydia Mets in household of Timothy Mets, "United States Census, 1880"
- Marriage Record nr 742 of Tomoteus Mets & Lijdia Huijsman
- Lydia Hinsman Metz, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1853
Birth of Vincent van Gogh.
1863
The Dutch abolished slavery in Suriname. The Dutch were among the last Europeans to abolish slavery.
Name Meaning
Dutch: status name for a free farmer who owned a house, from huis ‘house’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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