Genealogy van der Wal » Grietje Tjittes Bijlsma (1849-1937)

Personal data Grietje Tjittes Bijlsma 


Household of Grietje Tjittes Bijlsma

She is married to Jan Hendriks van der Meulen.

They got married on May 16, 1873 at Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Tjitte van der Meulen  1875-1950 
  3. Hendrik van der Meulen  1877-???? 
  5. Janke van der Meulen  1882-1972 
  7. Afke van der Meulen  1888-????

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Historical events

Day of marriage May 16, 1873

  • The temperature on May 16, 1873 was about 11.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
    • June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
    • July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.
    • July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
    • August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
    • September 15 » Franco-Prussian War: The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.

Day of death August 4, 1937

  • The temperature on August 4, 1937 was between 6.8 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
    • June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
    • June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
    • June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
    • July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
    • September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.


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