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Personal data Harm L. (or I.) Bontsema 


Household of Harm L. (or I.) Bontsema

He is married to Zwaantje Groendijk.

They got married at fortasse, Nederland.


Child(ren):



Notes about Harm L. (or I.) Bontsema

Harm L. (or I.) Bontsema

Sources: Author: N.N. (anonymous, pseudonym = ambs), Title: "Harm Bontsema," (Publication location: Kalamazoo, MI, Publication date: vii Apr MMVIII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25801467/harm-bontsema

"Photo[graph of stone shared with Zwaantje Bontsema] added by Scout
Picture of [stone shared with Zwaantje Bontsema] Added by Deb

Harm Bontsema Birth 10 Feb 1857 Noorddijk, Groningen Municipality, Groningen, Netherlands Death 1 Oct 1940 (aged 83) Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA Burial Riverside Cemetery Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA MEMORIAL ID 25801467

Spouse
Photo[graph of stone shared with Harm L. (or I.) Bontsema] Zwaantje Groendijk Bontsema 1861-1934

Children

Photo[graph of stone shared with Reinder Meulman] Martha Bontsema Meulman 1888-1956
Agnes Bontsema Somers 1891-1979
Photo[graph of a man] Peter Henry Bontsema 1897-1978

Created by: ambs Added: 7 Apr 2008 Find a Grave Memorial 25801467"

The photograph of the stone may be an L. or an I.. for a middle name. - D. A. Navorska - iv Mar MMXXI - in proximo Grove, OK.
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Harm L. (or I.) Bontsema

Harm L. (or I.) Bontsema
1857-1940


Zwaantje Groendijk
1861-1934

Peter Henry “Pete” Bontsema
1897-1978

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Historical events

Birthday February 10, 1857

  • The temperature on February 10, 1857 was about 4.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 6 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
    • March 23 » Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
    • March 29 » Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
    • May 6 » The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
    • October 5 » The city of Anaheim, California is founded.
    • October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.

Day of death October 1, 1940

  • The temperature on October 1, 1940 was between 1.8 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
    • May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
    • June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
    • June 22 » World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
    • August 19 » First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
    • October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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