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Personal data Zwaantje Groendijk 


Household of Zwaantje Groendijk

She is married to Harm L. (or I.) Bontsema.

They got married at fortasse, Nederland.


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Notes about Zwaantje Groendijk

Zwaantje Groendijk

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

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25801468/zwaantje-bontsema

"Photo[graph of stone shared with Harm L. (possibly I.) Bontsema] added by Scout
Picture of [of stone shared with Harm L. (possibly I.) Bontsema] Added by Deb

Zwaantje Groendijk Bontsema Birth 22 Jan 1861 Uithuizermeeden, Eemsmond Municipality, Groningen, Netherlands Death 15 Jul 1934 (aged 73) Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA Burial Riverside Cemetery Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA Memorial ID 25801468

Spouse
Photo[graph of stone shared with Zwaantje Bontsema] Harm Bontsema 1857-1940

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 25801468"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Zwaantje Groendijk

Zwaantje Groendijk
1861-1934


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

Peter Henry “Pete” Bontsema
1897-1978

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Historical events

Birthday January 22, 1861

  • The temperature on January 22, 1861 was about 3.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 26 » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
    • May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
    • May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
    • August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
    • August 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
    • October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day

Day of death July 15, 1934

  • The temperature on July 15, 1934 was between 9.8 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
    • January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
    • February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
    • September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
    • November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
    • December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.


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Source: Wikipedia

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