Genealogy Harssema » Gerkje Douwes WIJNALDA (1893-1961)

Personal data Gerkje Douwes WIJNALDA 


Household of Gerkje Douwes WIJNALDA

She is married to Hidde Sijtses van BRUGGEN.

They got married on June 28, 1917 at Zuidhorn Groningen Netherlands, she was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. (Not public)
  3. Douwe Hiddes van BRUGGEN  ± 1922-1933


Notes about Gerkje Douwes WIJNALDA

12C4R from Hero Binnerts Eysma (1460 - 1506).
18C1R from Yo Siccama (ca 1298 - ?).
18C1R from Jhr. Frans Goffes Roorda de Oude (ca 1300 - ca 1400) and Barber Syts Douwes (ca 1300 - ca 1370).
17C3R from Jarich Jelskama (ca 1340 -?) and Siouke Wiarda (ca 1335 -?).

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Historical events

Birthday April 15, 1893

  • The temperature on April 15, 1893 was about 7.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
    • May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
    • June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
    • July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
    • August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
    • November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.

Day of marriage June 28, 1917

  • The temperature on June 28, 1917 was between 12.4 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
    • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
    • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
    • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
    • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
    • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.

Day of death August 2, 1961

  • The temperature on August 2, 1961 was between 12.8 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 » A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
    • January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
    • June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
    • September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
    • November 11 » Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.
    • November 12 » Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the Ketch Bluebelle.


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