Genealogy Mulder » Derk (Dick) Heijs (1888-1960)

Personal data Derk (Dick) Heijs 


Household of Derk (Dick) Heijs

He is married to Anna Geessiena Mulder.

They got married on February 23, 1914 at Manhattan (Gallatin, Montana / USA), he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Sieger Heijs  1915-1923
  2. Catharine Heijs  1916- 
  3. John Heijs  1917-1972
  4. (Not public)
  5. Lawrence Heijs  1919-1996 
  6. (Not public)
  7. Henry Heijs  1922-1978 
  8. Sieger Heijs  1924-2004
  9. (Not public)
  10. (Not public)


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Historical events

Birthday August 23, 1888

  • The temperature on August 23, 1888 was about 16.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
    • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
    • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
    • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
    • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

Day of marriage February 23, 1914

  • The temperature on February 23, 1914 was between 1.5 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (18%). 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
    • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
    • July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
    • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
    • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
    • December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.


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