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Personal data Geert Pit 


Household of Geert Pit

(1) He is married to Hendrika Kok.

They got married on February 4, 1897 at Enschede, he was 25 years old.


(2) He is married to Zwaantje Heinen.

They got married on March 18, 1910 at Steenwijk, he was 38 years old.

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Child(ren):

  1. Pieter Klaas Pit  1911-1986 
  2. Alida Jantina Pit  1918-1976 
  3. Gerrit Pit  1921-2019


(3) He is married to Zwanetta Bouwin Buntjer.

They got married on June 6, 1926 at Steenwijk, he was 55 years old.


(4) He is married to Hendrika Maria Wilhelmina van Dam.

They got married on June 17, 1937 at Amersfoort, he was 66 years old.


Notes about Geert Pit


Geert hoefde wegens broederdienst niet te dienen bij de Nationale Militie.
Hij komt op 9 juli 1924 met zijn drie kinderen vanuit Enschede weer in Steenwijk wonen.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Pit

Jan Pit
1804-1890
Aaltje Knol
1809-1881
Geert Nijenhuis
1810-1906
Klaasje van Echten
1808-1867
Remmelt Pit
1844-1910

Geert Pit
1871-1945

(1) 1897

Hendrika Kok
± 1876-1909

(2) 1910

Zwaantje Heinen
1885-1923

Pieter Klaas Pit
1911-1986
Alida Jantina Pit
1918-1976
Gerrit Pit
1921-2019
(3) 1926

Zwanetta Bouwin Buntjer
1882-1933

(4) 1937

Hendrika Maria Wilhelmina van Dam
1886-????


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Historical events

Birthday March 25, 1871

  • The temperature on March 25, 1871 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
    • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
    • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
    • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
    • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
    • December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.

Day of marriage June 17, 1937

  • The temperature on June 17, 1937 was between 8.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
    • April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
    • May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
    • May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
    • May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
    • October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.

Day of death December 25, 1945

  • The temperature on December 25, 1945 was between 2.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • February 4 » World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp is liberated from Japanese authority.
    • February 4 » World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
    • April 20 » World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
    • April 25 » The last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland.
    • July 23 » The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
    • November 27 » CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to a send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II.


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