Genealogy Harssema » Gerrit Pieters STERK (1876-1951)

Personal data Gerrit Pieters STERK 


Household of Gerrit Pieters STERK

He is married to Sjoerdje Pieters SLAGER.

They got married on June 15, 1905 at Ferwerderadiel Friesland Netherlands, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Antje Gerrits STERK  1906-1985
  5. Janke Gerrits STERK  1915-1999


Notes about Gerrit Pieters STERK

2C3R from Hendrik Johannes Zuidersma (ca 1785 -?) and Antje Jelles Boerema (ca 1786 - 1853).

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Birthday August 7, 1876

  • The temperature on August 7, 1876 was about 16.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
    • June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
    • July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
    • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
    • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
    • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.

Day of marriage June 15, 1905

  • The temperature on June 15, 1905 was between 10.5 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
    • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
    • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
    • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
    • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
    • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

Day of death December 21, 1951

  • The temperature on December 21, 1951 was between 2.0 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
    • February 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
    • February 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
    • March 3 » Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
    • April 23 » Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
    • July 4 » William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
    • November 10 » With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.


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