Broersma Family Tree » Simon (Sam) Droogsma (1873-1962)

Personal data Simon (Sam) Droogsma 

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Household of Simon (Sam) Droogsma

He is married to Akke (Agnes) Langhout.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  1. Henry Droogsma  1896-1982 
  2. John A Droogsma  ± 1904- 
  3. Simon S Droogsma  ± 1908- 


Notes about Simon (Sam) Droogsma


Address on Sept 12, 1918:
Route #5, Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota

Geboorteakte Wonseradeel, 1873
Aangiftedatum 15 mei 1873, blad nr. 50
Simon Droogsma, geboren 15 mei 1873
Zoon van Hein Droogsma en Dirkje Weidema

1900 US Census shows his name as Sam. (Sam, Agnes, Henry)
1905 Minnesota Census shows his name as Sam. (Sam, Agnes, Henry, John)
1910 US Census shows Simon. (Simon, Agnes, Henry, John, Simon)
1920 US Census shows Simon (Samon?). (Simon, Agnes, John A, Simon Jr.)
1930 US Census shows Simon. (Simon Sr, Agnes, Dora)

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    Sources

    1. WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Web Site)
    2. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 (Web Site)

    Historical events

    Birthday May 15, 1873

    • The temperature on May 15, 1873 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
      • May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
      • June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
      • July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
      • August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
      • October 3 » Chief Kintpuash and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War of northern California.

    Day of death March 8, 1962

    • The temperature on March 8, 1962 was between -1.8 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
      • September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
      • September 18 » Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
      • September 25 » The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
      • October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
      • October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
      • December 13 » NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
    

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