Family tree Dijkstra » Wiebe Smits (1915-1993)

Personal data Wiebe Smits 

  • He was born on August 2, 1915 in Leeuwarden, Friesland.Source 1
    Geboorteregister 1915
    Bron: Burgerlijke standregisterSoort registratie: Geboorteakte(Akte)datum: 02-08-1915Plaats: LeeuwardenSoort akte: Geboorteakte
    Zoon
    Wijbe Smits geboren 02-08-1915 te Leeuwarden , wonende te Leeuwarden
    Vader
    Gerrit Smits
    Moeder
    Jantje Veldstra
  • He died in the year 1993, he was 77 years old.
  • This information was last updated on June 17, 2024.

Household of Wiebe Smits

He is married to Gerritje (Gerrie) Ter Heegde.

They got married


Notes about Wiebe Smits

Ouders: Gerrit Smits en Jantje Veldstra

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1915, archiefnummer 1002, Gemeentebestuur van Leeuwarden 1811-1941, inventarisnummer 3464, aktenummer 529

Historical events

Birthday August 2, 1915

  • The temperature on August 2, 1915 was between 13.9 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
    • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
    • May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
    • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
    • June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
    • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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