Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jans de Vries (1884-1952)
Personal data Jans de Vries
- He was born on September 22, 1884 in Nieuwe Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland.Source 1
- Profession: arbeider, veenarbeider, schipper.
- Resident: Alteveer | 17-03-1917 Barger-Compascuum | 08-1931 aan boord.
- He died on November 8, 1952 in Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 68 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Emmer-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland.Source 3
- A child of Albert de Vries and Hindrikje Bunt
- This information was last updated on January 16, 2024.
Household of Jans de Vries
He is married to Harmke van der Laan.
They got married on October 27, 1906 at Onstwedde, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Hindrikje de Vries 1911-
- Jan de Vries 1913-
- Agge de Vries 1916-2000
- Jan de Vries 1920-
- Albertje de Vries 1925-2014
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Sources
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/1918901922 in 1906, 24 in 1909
- https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/15002581
- https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/1572483/2503666/Harmke-van-der-Laan-1886-1978
- https://www.drentsarchief.nl/onderzoeken/genealogie/bladeren-door-bronnen/registers/
gezinskaart 1918-1936
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/6707395 Johan Bernard (Broer) Berens CBB873 #816 https://fjmblom.home.xs4all.nl/collectie_broer_berens/collectie_broer_berens873.html
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Birthday September 22, 1884
- The temperature on September 22, 1884 was about 11.9 °C. There was 23 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
- March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
- April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
- July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
- October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
- December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
Day of marriage October 27, 1906
- The temperature on October 27, 1906 was between 4.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
- January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
- April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
- April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
- August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
- September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
- October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
Day of death November 8, 1952
- The temperature on November 8, 1952 was between 3.0 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
- January 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
- February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
- April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
- June 13 » Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
- October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
- November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
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