Immigration history of Noelle's ancestors » Greta/Grietje Weidenaar (1907-1988)

Personal data Greta/Grietje Weidenaar 

Source 1
  • She was born on July 18, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, The United States of AmericaChicago, Illinois.
  • Profession: in the year 1930 Factory worker in an electric company.Source 2
  • Census (Hastings Street 2036 rear) in the year 1940, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of AmericaChicago, Illinois.Source 3
  • Census in the year 1910, Cook, Illinois, The United States of AmericaIllinois.Source 4
  • Census in the year 1920.Source 5
  • Census in the year 1930, Chicago, Illinois, The United States of AmericaChicago, Illinois.Source 2
  • She died on July 18, 1988 in Cook, Illinois, The United States of America, she was 81 years oldIllinois.Source 6
  • A child of Boele Weidenaar and Hillechien (Hellen) Monsma
  • This information was last updated on August 15, 2017.

Household of Greta/Grietje Weidenaar

She is married to Geert Hoogewerf.

They got married on September 3, 1932 at Chicago, Illinois, The United States of America, she was 25 years oldChicago, Illinois.Source 7


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Notes about Greta/Grietje Weidenaar

Seems to have been born before emigration to the US. Age 2 at census.

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  1. Personal communication family descendant
  2. 1930 Census Hellen Weidenaar, ancestry There are linked images
  3. 1940 US census Gerta Hoogewerf, ancestry.com There are linked images
  4. Census 1910 Grietje Weidenaar, ancestry There are linked images
  5. 1920 census Greta Weidenaar, ancestry.com There are linked images
  6. Death Greta Weidenaar, ancestry There are linked images
  7. Info Gerrit Hoogewerf, ancestry

Historical events

  • The temperature on July 18, 1907 was between 11.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
    • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
    • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
    • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
    • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
  • The temperature on September 3, 1932 was between 13.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 42.8 mm of rain during 13.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
    • May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
    • June 24 » A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
    • July 8 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
    • July 17 » Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
    • August 24 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
    • December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
  • The temperature on July 18, 1988 was between 12.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
    • February 27 » Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
    • June 4 » Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
    • August 20 » The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
    • November 16 » In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
    • December 2 » Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
    • December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.


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About the surname Weidenaar


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Bastiaan Huisman, "Immigration history of Noelle's ancestors", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kwartierstaan-van-ee-en-hoogewerf/I0008.php : accessed May 6, 2024), "Greta/Grietje Weidenaar (1907-1988)".