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Personal data Thomas Harkema 


Household of Thomas Harkema

He is married to Jantina Orsel.

They got married on November 23, 1918 at Onstwedde, provincie Groningen, he was 22 years old.

Thomas Harkema oo Jantina Orsel

Marriage source: Scheunemann, Roger, "de Neui Biedermann Scheunemann," (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rogeranita&id=I43966, xxviii Feb MMXIII)

"... Thomas Harkema Sex: M Birth: 27 NOV 1895 in Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands ... Marriage 1 Jantina Orsel b: 12 DEC 1892 in Tange gem. Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands Married: 23 NOV 1918 in Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands

Note: Genlias database Thomas Harkema age 22 born in Oude Pekela and Jantina Orsel age 25 born in Onstwedde widow of Albert van der Laan, vader bridegroom-Jan Harkema, moeder bridegroom-Grietje Prenger, vader bride-Frans Orsel, moederbride-Lukje de Vries" <>

Child(ren):

  1. Jan Harkema  1921-1992


Notes about Thomas Harkema

Thomas Harkema

Source: Scheunemann, Roger, "de Neui Biedermann Scheunemann," (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rogeranita&id=I43966, xxviii Feb MMXIII)

"... Thomas Harkema Sex: M Birth: 27 NOV 1895 in Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands

Note: AlleGroningers vader-Jan Harkema, moeder-Grietje Prenger

Father: Jan Harkema b: 13 OCT 1858 in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands Mother: Grietje Prenger b: 14 OCT 1857 in Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands

Marriage 1 Jantina Orsel b: 12 DEC 1892 in Tange gem. Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands Married: 23 NOV 1918 in Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands

Note: Genlias database Thomas Harkema age 22 born in Oude Pekela and Jantina Orsel age 25 born in Onstwedde widow of Albert van der Laan, vader bridegroom-Jan Harkema, moeder bridegroom-Grietje Prenger, vader bride-Frans Orsel, moederbride-Lukje de Vries" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Thomas Harkema

Jan Harkema
1858-1934

Thomas Harkema
1895-????

1918

Jantina Orsel
1892-1978

Jan Harkema
1921-1992

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Historical events

Birthday November 27, 1895

  • The temperature on November 27, 1895 was about -2.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
    • February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
    • March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
    • April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
    • May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
    • November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

Day of marriage November 23, 1918

  • The temperature on November 23, 1918 was between -2.9 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 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 year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
    • May 28 » The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
    • June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
    • September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
    • November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
    • November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.


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