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Personal data Gerrit Arend Spek 


Household of Gerrit Arend Spek

He is married to Elsje Giezen.

They got married on April 23, 1913 at Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Helena Spek  1914-
  2. Ferdinand Spek  1915-2008
  3. Anna Spek  1916-1998
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Arend Spek

Jacobus Spek
1858-1944

Gerrit Arend Spek
1887-1962

1913

Elsje Giezen
1893-1982

Helena Spek
1914-
Ferdinand Spek
1915-2008
Anna Spek
1916-1998
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Historical events

Birthday October 4, 1887

  • The temperature on October 4, 1887 was about 13.6 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
    • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
    • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
    • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
    • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
    • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Day of marriage April 23, 1913

  • The temperature on April 23, 1913 was between 3.5 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
    • February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
    • April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
    • June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
    • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
    • August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.

Day of death December 5, 1962

  • The temperature on December 5, 1962 was between -9.0 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -5.0 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. 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.
    • July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
    • July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
    • September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
    • October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
    • October 27 » Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile.
    • December 13 » NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.


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