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Personal data Gerardus Meijndert Houwaard 


Household of Gerardus Meijndert Houwaard

He is married to Hendrika Pieternella Groenenberg.

They got married on August 28, 1901 at Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Houwaard  1906- 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerardus Meijndert Houwaard

Gerardus Meijndert Houwaard
1878-1944

1901

Hendrika Pieternella Groenenberg
1880-????

Johanna Houwaard
1906-

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Historical events

Birthday January 3, 1878

  • The temperature on January 3, 1878 was about 2.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
    • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.

Day of marriage August 28, 1901

  • The temperature on August 28, 1901 was between 8.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (57%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
    • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
    • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
    • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
    • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
    • October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

Day of death February 12, 1944

  • The temperature on February 12, 1944 was between -1.6 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 17 » World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
    • March 3 » The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
    • September 11 » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
    • October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
    • November 16 » World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
    • November 18 » The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.


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