Emigranten » Sophia Jacoba (Zus) Sibbald (1903-1951)

Personal data Sophia Jacoba (Zus) Sibbald 

  • She was born on April 14, 1903 in Indonesia.
    daughter of Charles William (Willie) Sibbald and Jakoba Geetruidt (Jacoba Geertruida, Koosje) Schutter
  • She died on September 12, 1951 in Vlaardingen (ZH), she was 48 years old.
  • This information was last updated on September 9, 2019.

Household of Sophia Jacoba (Zus) Sibbald

She is married to Charles (Peng) Lafontaine.

They got married on August 25, 1929 at Sidoarjo, Indonesia, she was 26 years old.


Notes about Sophia Jacoba (Zus) Sibbald

she married (1) in 1926 to G. Sissingh. They had at least 1 child: Hendrik (Henk) Sissingh, who died on 19 januari 1946in camp Soemobito

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Historical events

Birthday April 14, 1903

  • The temperature on April 14, 1903 was between 0.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (33%). 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 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
    • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
    • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
    • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
    • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
    • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.

Day of death September 12, 1951

  • The temperature on September 12, 1951 was between 16.1 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Korean War: Beginning of the Ganghwa massacre, in the course of which an estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered.
    • January 13 » First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.
    • March 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
    • April 11 » The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
    • May 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
    • July 4 » William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1902 » Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee († 1974)
  • 1903 » Henry Corbin, French philosopher and academic († 1978)
  • 1903 » Ruth Svedberg, Swedish discus thrower and triathlete († 2002)
  • 1904 » John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer († 2000)
  • 1905 » Elizabeth Huckaby, American author and educator († 1999)
  • 1905 » Georg Lammers, German sprinter († 1987)

Source: Wikipedia


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