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Personal data Grace Gertrude Wichers 

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Household of Grace Gertrude Wichers

She is married to Laas Lawrence Broersma.


Married on Easter Sunday in the evening.

They got married on April 4, 1926 at Ireton, Sioux, Iowa, USA, she was 20 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

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  4. Garrett John Broersma  1932-1992 
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  9. Benjamin Broersma  ± 1939-± 1939
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Notes about Grace Gertrude Wichers


Lynden Tribune
10 May 1989

Grace Gertrude Broersma
A funeral service for Grace Gertrude Broersma, of 306 Liberty St., Lynden, was held at Third Christian Reformed Church on Monday May 8, at 11 a.m., with Rev. Gerrit Sheeres officiating. Interment followed at Monumenta Cemetery.

Mrs. Broersma died suddenly at her home on Wednesday, May 3, 1989, at the age of 83. She was born on Nov. 16, 1905, in Jewel County, Kansas, to Marinus and Annie Wichers. In Ireton, Iowa, on April 4, 1926, she was married to Lawrence Broersma. They came to Lynden from Zilla, Wash., in 1941. Mr. Broersma preceded her in death in 1985. Grace was a homemaker and a member of the Third Christian Reformed Church. She was also active at the Lynden Senior Center.

She is survived by her eight sons, Lloyd and wife Kay of Lynden, Marvin and wife Chris of Byron Center, Mich., Garrett and wife Marlene of Bellflower, Calif., Bob and wife Ruth of Grand Rapids, Mich., Ted and wife Dena of Granger, Wash., Ben and wife Bea of Ada, Mich., Dennis and wife Marcia of Byron Center, Mich., and Ken and wife Carol of Ferndale; four daughters, Marge De Young and husband Neal of Wyoming, Mich., Elsie Roosma and husband Gene of Ferndale, Joyce Friend and husband Clarence of Zillah, and Dorothy Bredeweg and husband John of Byron Center, Mich.; a brother, Ben Wichers, of Royal Oak, Mich., and a sister, Henrietta Thaete of Lynden; 45 grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildren.

For those wishing to make contributions in Graces memory, the family has suggested Lynden Christian Schools, 515 Drayton St., Lynden, WA 98264.

Services were under the care of Gillies Funeral Home of Lynden.

Social Security Death Index
Name: Grace Broersma
SSN: 533-38-6007
Last Residence: 98264 Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington, United States of America
Born: 16 Nov 1905
Died: 3 May 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: Washington

Washington Death Index, 1940-1996
Name: Grace G Broersma
Place of Death: Lynden
Date of Death: 03 May 1989
Residence: Lynden
Age: 83 years
Gender: F
SSN: 533-38-6007
Certificate: 013013

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    2. The Wichers Family Tree (Web Site), Dave Wichers
    3. Broersma Family Tree Book (Book), Broersma Family
    4. 1910 Federal Census (Census)
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    Birthday November 16, 1905

    • The temperature on November 16, 1905 was between -4.5 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
      • May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
      • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
      • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
      • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
      • October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
      • November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.

    Day of marriage April 4, 1926

    • The temperature on April 4, 1926 was between 9.6 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
      • April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
      • May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
      • May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
      • May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
      • June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
      • October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.

    Day of death May 3, 1989

    • The temperature on May 3, 1989 was between 3.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (78%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
      • January 6 » Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
      • February 14 » Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
      • February 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
      • August 2 » Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
      • August 24 » Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
      • October 1 » Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
    

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