Kramer Family Tree » Geertje ( Geertje) Ham (1866-1953)

Personal data Geertje ( Geertje) Ham 

Source 1
  • First name * Geertje.
  • She was born on February 16, 1866 in Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Netherlands.
    Spouse: Elizabeth Middagh (born Beacock)
  • Emigrated on February 20, 1888, Michigan (U.S.A.).
  • Immigrated in the year 1884.
  • Immigrated in the year 1885.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1910: Byron, Kent, Michigan, United States.
    • in the year 1920: Byron Township, Kent, Michigan, United States.
  • Census in the year 1920, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
  • She died on June 27, 1953 in Jamestown, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States, she was 87 years old.
  • Alternative: She died on June 27, 1953 in Jamestown, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States, she was 87 years old.
  • She is buried on June 30, 1953 in Boynton Cemetery, Kent County, Michigan, United States.

Household of Geertje ( Geertje) Ham

She is married to Hendrik "Henry" Gort.

They got married on October 31, 1885 at Staphorst, Overijssel, Nederland, she was 19 years old.

Echtgeno(o)t(e): Geertje Ham

Child(ren):

  3. Henry Gort 1892 USA  1892-1979

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertje Ham

Geertje Ham
1866-1953

1885

Hendrik "Henry" Gort
1861-1891

Roelof / Ralph Gort USA
1886-1967
George Gort 1888 USA
1888-1967
Henry Gort 1892 USA
1892-1979

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  1. van den Berg Web Site, Barteld van den Berg, * Geertje Gort/Pater 1894 USA (born Ham), April 25, 2023
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    Stambomen op MyHeritage Familiesite: van den Berg Web Site Familiestamboom: 505534061-1

Historical events

Birthday February 16, 1866

  • The temperature on February 16, 1866 was about 8.2 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 2 » Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
    • June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
    • June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
    • August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
    • September 22 » The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
    • December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

Day of marriage October 31, 1885

  • The temperature on October 31, 1885 was about 4.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
    • April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
    • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
    • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
    • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
    • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Day of death June 27, 1953

  • The temperature on June 27, 1953 was between 18.0 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
    • June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
    • August 10 » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
    • August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
    • September 7 » Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
    • November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.

Day of burial June 30, 1953

  • The temperature on June 30, 1953 was between 16.4 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 22.8 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
    • March 5 » Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.
    • June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
    • July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
    • September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
    • November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
    • December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1952 » Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
  • 1957 » Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)
  • 1960 » Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (b. 1871)

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