Pedigree of De Jong, Koelé families » Janke Bijlsma (1879-1947)
Personal data Janke Bijlsma
- She was born on October 7, 1879 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.Source 1
Tijdstip: 23:00
- Birth registration on October 8, 1879.Source 1
- Resident:
- starting 1879: Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.Source 2
- starting around 1942: Langebuurt, Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.Source 3
- until 1947: Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.Source 2
- She died on July 1, 1947 in Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD, she was 67 years old.Source 2
Tijdstip: 07:00
- Death registration on July 1, 1947.Source 2
- She is buried in Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.Source 4
- A child of Dirk Wybes Bijlsma and Antje Stevens Hornstra
- This information was last updated on January 3, 2024.
Household of Janke Bijlsma
She is married to Eeltje Fokkema.
They got married on May 21, 1904 at Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 24 years old.Source 5
Eeltje Fokkema witnessed this.
Child(ren):
- Arjen Fokkema 1905-
- Pietje Fokkema 1913-1998
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Relationship Janke Bijlsma
- Janke Bijlsma is the grandmother of Roelofke Terpstra:
Sources
Geboorteakten Ferwerderadeel 1879 akte 260*, https://allefriezen.nl/zoeken/deeds/5ceff2ac-99da-0c8b-55be-a398160ffaa1
Overlijdensakten Ferwerderadeel 1947 akte 61*, https://allefriezen.nl/zoeken/deeds/b8ffab4d-dbe4-5578-1629-c59bc09093f3
Briefje van kleindochter Roelofke van ca. 1942*, privécollectie
Grafmonument*, https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/676535/
Huwelijksakten Ferwerderadeel 1904 akte 41*, https://allefriezen.nl/zoeken/deeds/a4d85345-cdbb-4cfe-69a6-8c536d990f4a
Historical events
Birthday October 7, 1879
- The temperature on October 7, 1879 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
- February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
- February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
- May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
- May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
- December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Day of marriage May 21, 1904
- The temperature on May 21, 1904 was between 4.0 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
- January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
- April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
- April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
- May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
- June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
- June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
Day of death July 1, 1947
- The temperature on July 1, 1947 was between 11.4 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 19.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
- January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
- March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
- April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
- July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
- September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
- October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
Same birth/death day
- 1876 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer († 1934)
- 1879 » Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet († 1915)
- 1881 » Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general († 1918)
- 1884 » Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot († 1927)
- 1885 » Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 1948)
- 1885 » Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
- 1943 » Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist, author, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1894)
- 1944 » Carl Mayer, Austrian-English screenwriter (b. 1894)
- 1944 » Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (b. 1930)
- 1948 » Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (b. 1904)
- 1950 » Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (b. 1865)
- 1950 » Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American architect, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (b. 1873)
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