Genealogy Naessens » Berend (Benjamin) Gunster Bruins (1875-1958)

Personal data Berend (Benjamin) Gunster Bruins 


Household of Berend (Benjamin) Gunster Bruins

He is married to Ellen Sophia Wilhelmina Gustafson.

They got married in the year 1908 at Minneapolis, Minnesota, he was 32 years old.


Child(ren):

  5. Mabel Hilma Bruins  1906-1957
  6. Rose Esther Bruins  1910-1972 
  7. Florence Lilly Bruins  1911-1990 
  8. August Edwin Bruins  1917-1940 
  9. Grace Hilda Bruins  1918-1939

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Historical events

Birthday February 8, 1875

  • The temperature on February 8, 1875 was about -0.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
    • March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
    • March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
    • April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
    • April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
    • September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.

Day of death August 8, 1958

  • The temperature on August 8, 1958 was between 7.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
    • January 3 » The West Indies Federation is formed.
    • January 13 » The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
    • March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
    • June 16 » Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
    • July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
    • October 11 » NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.


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