Genealogy Harssema » Gerrit Roorda van ZOMEREN (1919-2014)

Personal data Gerrit Roorda van ZOMEREN 


Household of Gerrit Roorda van ZOMEREN

He is married to Elsie Elizabeth HIEMSTRA.

They got married on March 4, 1947 at Oskaloosa Mahaska County Iowa U.S.A, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

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  2. (Not public)
  3. (Not public)
  4. Joan van ZOMEREN  ????-< 2014


Notes about Gerrit Roorda van ZOMEREN

12C4R from Balle Hummersma (ca 1449 - ?).

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Historical events

Birthday June 7, 1919

  • The temperature on June 7, 1919 was between 10.4 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
    • February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
    • March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
    • June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
    • July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
    • August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.

Day of marriage March 4, 1947

  • The temperature on March 4, 1947 was between -9.4 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged -2 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
    • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
    • November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
    • November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
    • November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
    • December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

Day of death March 18, 2014

  • The temperature on March 18, 2014 was between 7.5 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
    • February 11 » A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
    • March 16 » Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
    • April 14 » Two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls are abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria.
    • May 23 » Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
    • June 23 » The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.
    • September 18 » Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.


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About the surname Van ZOMEREN


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