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Personal data Hendrik Janus Gerritsen 


Household of Hendrik Janus Gerritsen

He is married to Helena Joanna Maria van Wezel.

They got married on November 7, 1902 at Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 32 years old.Source 1


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hendrik Janus Gerritsen

Hendrik Janus Gerritsen
1869-1957

1902

Helena Joanna Maria van Wezel
1877-1962

Marinus Gerritsen
1908-

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Historical events

Birthday December 8, 1869

  • The temperature on December 8, 1869 was about 1.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 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)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
    • May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
    • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
    • October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
    • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched
    • December 7 » American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

Day of marriage November 7, 1902

  • The temperature on November 7, 1902 was between 7.0 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (27%). 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 year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
    • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
    • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
    • October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
    • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

Day of death September 20, 1957

  • The temperature on September 20, 1957 was between 7.4 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
    • May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
    • July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
    • August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
    • September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
    • October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.


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