Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Harmke van der Laan (1886-1978)
Personal data Harmke van der Laan
- She was born on September 1, 1886 in Nieuwe Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland.Source 1
- Profession: arbeider, arbeidster.
- Resident: Alteveer | 17-03-1917 Barger-Compascuum | 08-1931 aan boord.
- She died on November 6, 1978, she was 92 years old.Source 2
- She is buried in Emmer-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland.Source 3
- A child of Jan van der Laan and Marchien Beikes
- This information was last updated on August 29, 2025.
Household of Harmke van der Laan
She is married to Jans de Vries.
They got married on October 27, 1906 at Onstwedde, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland, she was 20 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.drentsarchief.nl/onderzoeken/genealogie/bladeren-door-bronnen/registers/ gezinskaart 1918-1936
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/670739520 in 1906
- https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/1572483/2503666/Harmke-van-der-Laan-1886-1978
- 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 1, 1886
- The temperature on September 1, 1886 was about 30.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
- January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
- April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
- May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
- May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
- June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
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.
- April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
- April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
- June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
- September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
- September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
- December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Day of death November 6, 1978
- The temperature on November 6, 1978 was between 4.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
- March 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
- April 14 » Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
- July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
- August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
- November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
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