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Personal data Berdina (Berdena) (Berdina (Berdena) "Brenda") "Brenda" Smidt
- Alternative name: Brenda Smidt Limberg
- Nickname is Brenda.
- She was born on February 6, 1917 in Kossuth Co., IA.
- She died on August 16, 1979 in Blue Earth, Faribault Co., MN, she was 62 years old.
- She is buried after August 16, 1979 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Olena Mound Cem.).
- A child of Meinert Wanders Smidt and Christina Janssen
- This information was last updated on November 15, 2015.
Household of Berdina (Berdena) (Berdina (Berdena) "Brenda") "Brenda" Smidt
She is married to Anel (Anul) Limberg.
They got married on February 6, 1937 at Ramsey Ref. Chr., German Twp., Kossuth Co., IA, she was 20 years old.
Anul Limberg oo Brenda Smidt
Marriage source: Limberg Bennie, Letter to Katherine Johnson, (Pub. location unknown, BL, MCMXCII)
Annuel & Berdena were married in Ramsey Reformed Chr. north of Titonka, IA <>
Child(ren):
Notes about Berdina (Berdena) (Berdina (Berdena) "Brenda") "Brenda" Smidt
Brenda Smidt
Source: Leibrand, Ruth, Letter to David A. Navorska, (Buffalo Ctr IA, RL, vi Feb MCMLXXXIX)
Johnson, Katherine, Limberg/Smidt FGS, (Milbank SD, KOWJ, xxvi Apr MCMXCIII)
KOWJ gives both Brenda & Berdena for 1st name.
Buried in Olena Mound Cem.
Brenda's parents: Meinert Wanders & Christina (Janssen) Smidt
Obituaries, The Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol. #, 20 Jan 1994, Pg. Cols. 4 & 5.
[Col. 4]
"... Elsa Janssen, 83 ... Elsa W. Janssen was born Elsa W. Smidt November 19, 1910 to Mendert and"
[Col. 5]
"Christina Smidt in Gennany. ... After the death of her parents in 1920 Elsa returned to Iowa and lived with her uncle John and aunt Anna Smidt. ... She was preceded in death by her husband on July 13, 1988; a son, Miendert January 19, 1937 and a sister, Berdina Limberg. ..." <>
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Historical events
Birthday February 6, 1917
- The temperature on February 6, 1917 was between -14.1 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -8.8 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
- June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
- June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
- November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
- December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.
- December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
Day of marriage February 6, 1937
- The temperature on February 6, 1937 was between 2.8 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
- February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
- March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
- April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
- 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 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
- August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
Day of death August 16, 1979
- The temperature on August 16, 1979 was between 12.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
- July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
- September 7 » The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5billion to avoid bankruptcy.
- October 12 » The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the western Pacific Ocean during Typhoon Tip.
- October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
- December 3 » In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.
- December 12 » The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
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