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Personal data Willem Witte 


Household of Willem Witte

He is married to Geertruida Elisabeth (Geertje) van Sluijs.

They got married on April 28, 1933 at Borssele, he was 30 years old.

Bruidegom: Willem Witte
Geboorteplaats: Borssele
Leeftijd: 30
Beroep: landarbeider
Bruid: Geertje Elisabeth van Sluijs
Geboorteplaats: 's-Heerenhoek
Leeftijd: 21
Beroep: zonder
Vader van de bruidegom: Johannis Witte
Beroep: landarbeider
Moeder van de bruidegom: Maria de Rijger
Beroep: zonder
Vader van de bruid: Cornelis van Sluijs
Beroep: Werkman
Moeder van de bruid: Helena van Doorn
Beroep: zonder
Gebeurtenis: Huwelijk
Datum: vrijdag 28 april 1933
Gebeurtenisplaats: Borssele
Documenttype: BS Huwelijk
Erfgoedinstelling: Zeeuws Archief
Plaats instelling: Middelburg
Collectiegebied: Zeeland
Archief: 25
Registratienummer: BOR-H-1933
Aktenummer: 3
Registratiedatum: 28 april 1933
Akteplaats: Borssele
Collectie: Borssele huwelijksakten burgerlijke stand

Child(ren):

  1. Johannes (Jo) Witte  1934-2006 
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Birthday June 4, 1902

  • The temperature on June 4, 1902 was between 13.1 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (68%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
    • April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
    • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
    • April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
    • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.

Day of marriage April 28, 1933

  • The temperature on April 28, 1933 was between 5.1 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • March 20 » Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
    • April 5 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
    • April 7 » Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. (Now celebrated as National Beer Day in the United States.)
    • May 6 » The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
    • August 7 » The Kingdom of Iraq slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as Martyrs Day or National Day of Mourning by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.
    • December 6 » U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.

Day of death October 31, 1961

  • The temperature on October 31, 1961 was between 7.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
    • January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
    • February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
    • October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
    • December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
    • December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.


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