Genealogy van Tinteren » Emily Nijkerk (1868-1943)

Personal data Emily Nijkerk 

  • She was born on July 6, 1868 in Londen.
  • She died on May 6, 1943 in Westerbork (kamp), she was 74 years old.
    Documenttype
    BS Overlijden
    Erfgoedinstelling
    Drents Archief
    Plaats instelling
    Assen
    Collectiegebied
    Drenthe
    Archief
    0167.030
    Registratienummer
    1943
    Aktenummer
    260
    Registratiedatum
    08-05-1943
    Akteplaats
    KWB
    Opmerking
    akte kamp Westerbork
    Aktesoort
    Overlijden
  • This information was last updated on December 21, 2020.

Household of Emily Nijkerk

She is married to Henri Polak.

They got married on August 9, 1888 at Londen, she was 20 years old.

Emily woonde voorafgaande aan haar vertrek met Henri Polak op de Heerengracht 519. Zij vertrokken in juli of augustus naar Londen.

Population register Amsterdam. 1874-1893.


Second World War victim


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Historical events

Birthday July 6, 1868

  • The temperature on July 6, 1868 was about 16.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 11 » Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
    • May 16 » The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
    • June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
    • August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
    • December 9 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
    • December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

Day of death May 6, 1943

  • The temperature on May 6, 1943 was between 5.0 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 24 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
    • February 20 » The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.
    • February 23 » Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
    • July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
    • August 17 » World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
    • September 30 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.

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