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Personal data Geert Willem de Wit 


Household of Geert Willem de Wit

He is married to Roelina Engels.

They got married on June 5, 1906 at Emmen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Willem de Wit

Roelf de Wit
1845-????

Geert Willem de Wit
1876-1943

1906

Roelina Engels
1877-1956


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Sources

  1. Johan Bernard (Broer) Berens CBB134 https://fjmblom.home.xs4all.nl/
    Pauline Berens: Genealogienetwerk zus Greetje Berens voorheen EemslandBoekweitBoerenImmigratie
    https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-dutch-connection/I22171.php
  2. Johan Bernard (Broer) Berens CBB134
  3. Johan Bernard (Broer) Berens CBB134 https://www.drentsarchief.nl/
    Huwelijk, Emmen, 05-06-1906, aktenummer 104

    Bruidegom: Geert Willem de Wit, geboren te Nieuwe Pekela; leeftijd: 30 jaar; beroep: bakkersknecht , zoon van Roelf de Wit en Klaassina van der Werf, beroep: zonder
    Bruid: Roelina Engels, geboren te Emmen; leeftijd: 29; beroep: zonder , dochter van Herman Engels, beroep: zonder en Jantien Lubbers, beroep: zonder .
    NB: ; vader bruidegom overleden.

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Day of marriage June 5, 1906

  • The temperature on June 5, 1906 was between 3.6 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
    • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
    • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
    • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
    • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
    • September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).

Day of death December 31, 1943

  • The temperature on December 31, 1943 was between -0.6 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 23 » World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
    • February 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
    • June 12 » The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
    • July 1 » The City of Tokyo and the Prefecture of Tokyo are both replaced by the Tokyo Metropolis.
    • September 5 » World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
    • October 8 » World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.


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