Kramer Family Tree » Melle Smedes (1887-1922)

Personal data Melle Smedes 

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  • He was born on August 9, 1887 in Achtkarspelen.
  • Immigrated in the year 1910.
  • Resident in the year 1920: Muskegon Precinct 4, Muskegon, Michigan, United States.
  • (Marriage) on April 22, 1911 in Achtkarspelen.
  • He died on October 26, 1922 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States, he was 35 years old.
  • He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States.

Household of Melle Smedes

He is married to Rinske Wijtzes Benedictus.

They got married on April 22, 1911 at Achtkarspelen, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jessie Smedes  1912-2003
  2. Peter Smedes  1915-2009
  4. Wesley Smedes  1919-1983
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Melle Smedes

Melle Smedes
1887-1922

1911

Rinske Wijtzes Benedictus
1891-1976

Jessie Smedes
1912-2003
Peter Smedes
1915-2009
Catherine Marie Smedes
1916-1977
Wesley Smedes
1919-1983
(Not public)

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Historical events

Birthday August 9, 1887

  • The temperature on August 9, 1887 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
    • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
    • July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
    • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.

Day of marriage April 22, 1911

  • The temperature on April 22, 1911 was between 8.2 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
    • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
    • May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
    • May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
    • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
    • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.

Day of death October 26, 1922

  • The temperature on October 26, 1922 was between -7.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
    • June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
    • July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
    • August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
    • October 28 » Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
    • December 9 » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.


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