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Personal data Barend (Barend "Benne") "Benne" van Wattum 

  • Nickname is Benne.
  • He was born on February 16, 1893 in Rotterdam, provincie Zuid-Holland.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Source: Anita van der Wel
  • He died June 1966 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI, he was 73 years old.
  • He is buried June 1966 in Washington Pk. Mem. Gardens, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI.
  • This information was last updated on June 4, 2019.

Household of Barend (Barend "Benne") "Benne" van Wattum

He is married to Trijntje "Truus" Meulendijk.

They got married on September 10, 1919 at Rotterdam, provincie Zuid-Holland, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Nellie van Wattum  1923-1991


Notes about Barend (Barend "Benne") "Benne" van Wattum

Barend "Benne" van Wattum

Source: Author: NN (family name not provided), Thomas, Title: "Helmholdt Genealogy," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: vi Aug MMXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=helmholdt&id=I2182

"... Barend VAN WATTUM 1 1 1 2 Sex: M Birth: 16 FEB 1893 in Netherlands 2

Residence: 1930 Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA 2

Death: JUN 1966 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA

Marriage 1 Aaltje (Tressa) MEULENDYK b: ABT 1894 in Netherlands

Children

1. Living VAN WATTUM
2. Nellie VAN WATTUM b: 14 FEB 1923 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
3. Living VAN WATTUM

Sources:

1.

2. Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002; Repository: Name: www.ancestry.com Note: United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930
Page: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan; Roll: 999; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 879.0. Text: Record for Barend Van Wattum"

Author: NN (anonymous, pseudonym = DutchGirl), Title: "Barend Van Wattum," (Publication location: Grand Rapids, MI, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xv Apr MMX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51176266/barend-van_wattum

"Barend Van Wattum Birth 1893 Death 1966 (aged 72– 73) Burial Washington Park Memorial Gardens Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA Memorial ID 51176266

Gravesite Details s/s with Theresa

Created by: DutchGirl Added: 15 Apr 2010 Find A Grave Memorial 51176266"

Author: van der Wel, Anita, Title: "Benne ( Barend) van Wattum," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: MyHeritage Family Trees, Publication date: xvi Dec MMXVII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-263064871-1-500019/benne-barend-van-wattum-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=425848241

"Benne ( Barend) van Wattum 1893 - 1966 Birth: Feb 16 1893 Rotterdam Marriage: Marriage to: Trijntje (Theresa / Truus) van Wattum (geboren Meulendijk) Sep 10 1919 Rotterdam Death: 1966 Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, VS Burial: Washington Park Memorial Gardens, Michigan, USA

Family members
Parents:
Jelke Van Wattum 1858 - 1931
Anna Pieternella Van Wattum (geboren Van Son) 1860 - 1899
Wife: Trijntje (Theresa / Truus) Van Wattum (geboren Meulendijk) 1893 - 1959

Siblings:
Warner Van Wattum 1881 - 1941
Jelke (Jan) Van Wattum 1887 - 1971
Hugo Theodoor (Dorus) Van Wattum 1891 - 1936
Maria Huiberdina Urbanus (geboren Van Wattum) 1895 - ?
Susan Urbanus (geboren Van Wattum) 1898 - 1982
Kornelis Van Wattum 1883 - ?
Anna Pieternella Van Wattum 1889 - ?
Johannes Pieter Van Wattum 1894 - 1896
Weeke De Jong (geboren Van Wattum) 1895 - ?
Pieter Johannes Van Wattum 1899 - 1985

Children:

Annie Van Wattum 1920 - ?
Nellie (nell) Pruis (geboren Van Wattum) 1920 - 1991

Source

Family site: 28 april Web Site Updated on Dec 16 2017 (1 year and 5 months ago) 71 profiles in one family tree10 photos

Site manager: Anita van der Wel 28 april"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Barend van Wattum

Barend van Wattum
1893-1966

1919

Trijntje "Truus" Meulendijk
1893-1959

Nellie van Wattum
1923-1991

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Historical events

Birthday February 16, 1893

  • The temperature on February 16, 1893 was about 5.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
    • June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
    • July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
    • July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
    • August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
    • November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

Day of marriage September 10, 1919

  • The temperature on September 10, 1919 was between 8.6 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
    • February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
    • March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
    • May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
    • December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
    • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.


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