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Personal data Bernard de Witt 

  • Alternative name: Bernard DeWitt
  • He was born on September 27, 1912 in Sheldon, O'Brien Co., IA.
  • He died on September 14, 1969 in Tyler, Lincoln Co., MN, he was 56 years old.
  • He is buried on September 18, 1969 in Ruthton Cem., Ætna Twp., Pipestone Co., MN.
  • This information was last updated on December 30, 2011.

Household of Bernard de Witt

He is married to Irene Akkerman.

They got married on September 28, 1933 at Zoar Presb. Chr., Grant Twp., Lyon Co., IA, he was 21 years old.

Bernard De Witt oo Irene Akkerman

Marriage source: Miedema, Jan, "Miedema, Akkerman, Crull, Barnes," (Kimball, SD, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jsmnancy&id=I00499, Christmas Eve MMXI)

"... Bernard De Witt 1 Sex: M Birth: 27 SEP 1912 in Sheldon, IA Death: 14 SEP 1969 in Tyler, Lincoln Co., MN Burial: 18 SEP 1969 Ruthton Cemetery, Ruthton, MN

Marriage 1 Irene Akkerman b: 9 MAY 1911 in Sibley, IA Married: 28 SEP 1933 in Zoar Presbyterian Church, George, IA ..." <>

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Notes about Bernard de Witt

Bernard De Witt

Source: Miedema, Jan, "Miedema, Akkerman, Crull, Barnes," (Kimball, SD, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jsmnancy&id=I00499, Christmas Eve MMXI)

"... Bernard De Witt 1 Sex: M Birth: 27 SEP 1912 in Sheldon, IA Death: 14 SEP 1969 in Tyler, Lincoln Co., MN Burial: 18 SEP 1969 Ruthton Cemetery, Ruthton, MN

Marriage 1 Irene Akkerman b: 9 MAY 1911 in Sibley, IA Married: 28 SEP 1933 in Zoar Presbyterian Church, George, IA

Children

1. Harlan R. De Witt b: FEB 1934 2. Living De Witt

Sources:

1. Title: Database of Engelke Akkermann Lineage Author: Jan Miedema, Kimball, SD Publication: Four Emails 24-25 April 2002 from Jan Miedema sent to Harlan D Oelmann Note: Jan Miedema descends from Engelke Akkermann & HerminaHinderika Gerken. The emails are a result of Roger Cramer providing Jan's email address noting that he was an Ackermann/Akkermann researcher and subsequent exchange of emails. Family line and info for Engelke's children is as follows: - Reamt courtesy of Henny Baumgart of Norfolk, VA. - Peter and Mike courtesy of Hassebroek Family Tree. - Angeline Donker courtesy of DJ Merrick of Idaho. Jan has obituary copies for all of Berend E. Akkerman children obtained from microfilm. Many death dates confirmed through "Where Did They Stay" by Boy ken and Boyken Press, Titonka, Iowa. Most obituaries are aloso in George, Iowa libraryfiles. Note: Good to Excellent Repository: Note: Harlan D Oelmann Source Files and Family Files Media: Other" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Bernard de Witt

Bernard de Witt
1912-1969

1933

Irene Akkerman
1911-1987

Harlan Rodger DeWitt
1934-1934

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Historical events

Birthday September 27, 1912

  • The temperature on September 27, 1912 was between 2.1 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
    • July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
    • September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
    • October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
    • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
    • November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

Day of marriage September 28, 1933

  • The temperature on September 28, 1933 was between 11.8 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (76%). 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 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 Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • February 17 » Newsweek magazine is first published.
    • March 9 » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
    • April 1 » The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
    • July 8 » The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
    • August 1 » Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
    • November 15 » Thailand has its first election.

Day of death September 14, 1969

  • The temperature on September 14, 1969 was between 12.0 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
    • June 23 » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
    • August 11 » The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.
    • August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
    • September 26 » Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.
    • November 14 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.

Day of burial September 18, 1969

  • The temperature on September 18, 1969 was between 10.1 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (69%). 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • April 17 » Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
    • June 23 » IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
    • July 21 » Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.
    • July 30 » Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.
    • August 12 » Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
    • October 17 » The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.


Same birth/death day

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