Emigranten » Geesje (Grace) Ligthart (1892-????)

Personal data Geesje (Grace) Ligthart 


Household of Geesje (Grace) Ligthart

She is married to Sytze (Sidney) Achter.

They got married on January 15, 1916 at Bolsward (FR), she was 23 years old.Source 2

https://allefriezen.nl/zoeken/deeds/62387839-457b-ec0d-cb72-4a2bcdc79123

Child(ren):

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Notes about Geesje (Grace) Ligthart

Geesje left Rotterdam with her son Piet on September 16, 1916 on the SS Nieuw Amsterdam to the United States.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TX-W9X4-Q?i=54

Geesje came back to the Netherlands with her son Piet in May 1928 and returned to the USA in July 1928
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95WG-4ZF?i=109

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geesje (Grace) Ligthart

Geesje (Grace) Ligthart
1892-????

1916

Sytze (Sidney) Achter
1893-????

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Historical events

Birthday August 24, 1892

  • The temperature on August 24, 1892 was about 24.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
    • June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    • July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
    • September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
    • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
    • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.

Day of marriage January 15, 1916

  • The temperature on January 15, 1916 was between 2.6 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
    • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
    • July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
    • September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
    • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
    • November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.


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Source: Wikipedia


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