Genealogy Harssema » William MEDENDORP (1888-1978)

Personal data William MEDENDORP 


Household of William MEDENDORP

He is married to Dena de VRIES.

They got married on December 22, 1909 at Danforth Iroquois County Illinois U.S.A, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Donald MEDENDORP  ± 1911-1928
  3. Dorothy MEDENDORP  1913-2005 
  4. Freda Waneda MEDENDORP  1916-2011 

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Historical events

Birthday February 9, 1888

  • The temperature on February 9, 1888 was about 1.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
    • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
    • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
    • 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.
    • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
    • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
    • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.

Day of marriage December 22, 1909

  • The temperature on December 22, 1909 was between -1.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 19.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
    • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
    • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
    • September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
    • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
    • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

Day of death March 22, 1978

  • The temperature on March 22, 1978 was between -0.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
    • February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
    • February 19 » Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
    • April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
    • July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
    • July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
    • July 30 » The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1883 » Jules Berry, French actor and director († 1951)
  • 1885 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator († 1935)
  • 1885 » Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author († 1960)
  • 1889 » Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter († 1928)
  • 1891 » Ronald Colman, English-American actor († 1958)
  • 1892 » Peggy Wood, American actress († 1978)

Source: Wikipedia


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