Willem Le Jeune, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Willem Le Jeune

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1832

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Willem Pieter Antonie Tenwinkel zich noemende en schrijvende Le Jeune (6 January 1832 – before 1909) was a Dutch colonial administrator and diplomat, who made a career in the administration on the Dutch Gold Coast and who was interim governor between 28 October 1871 and 15 November 1871.
After the Netherlands ceded its possessions on the Gold Coast to the United Kingdom, it established a consulate at Elmina, which purpose mainly was to pay the pensions of the retired soldiers of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army living there.
Willem Le Jeune became the first consul.On 17 June 1875 in Rotterdam, he married Maria Auguste Lisette Luther (1843–1929).
The coupled lived in Neerbosch (now part of Nijmegen) where they had two sons, before moving to Schaarbeek, Belgium, in March 1879.
At the time of his youngest son's wedding in 1909, he was deceased and his widow had returned to live in Rotterdam.