Genealogy Harssema » Edward SPOELSTRA (1888-1953)

Personal data Edward SPOELSTRA 


Household of Edward SPOELSTRA

He is married to Josephine BOWMAN.

They got married on June 29, 1910 at Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A, he was 21 years old.


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Notes about Edward SPOELSTRA

2C3R from Sydse Eelzes Sinnema (1771 - 1825) and Grietje Douwes van der Meer (1772- 1857).

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Historical events

Birthday October 15, 1888

  • The temperature on October 15, 1888 was about 7.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
    • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
    • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
    • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
    • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Day of marriage June 29, 1910

  • The temperature on June 29, 1910 was between 11.0 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
    • July 15 » In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
    • August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
    • October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
    • October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
    • November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.

Day of death June 8, 1953

  • The temperature on June 8, 1953 was between 11.4 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
    • April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
    • April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
    • June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
    • June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
    • December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.


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