Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Grietje de Vries (1888-1966)
Personal data Grietje de Vries
- She was born on August 9, 1888 in Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland.Source 1
- Profession: arbeider, arbeidster.
- Resident: Barger-Compascuum | 01-1933 Zwartemeer.
- She died on October 15, 1966, she was 78 years old.Source 2
- She is buried in Klazienaveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland.Source 3
- A child of Johannes de Vries and Aaltje Huizinga
- This information was last updated on October 31, 2023.
Household of Grietje de Vries
She is married to Willem Robben.
They got married on August 16, 1906 at Emmen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland, she was 18 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Albert Robben 1911-
- Aaltje Robben 1914-2000
- Rikse Robben 1917-1996
- Willem Robben 1919-2006
- Grietje Robben 1922-2014
- Bernard Heinrich Robben 1927-1929
- Leendert Robben 1929-2011
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Sources
https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/241416/vries_de
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/1468166018 in 1906
- https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/241416/vries_de
- https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/241416/vries_de
gezinskaart Robben-de Vries 14365 p14365 1918-1936
https://www.drentsarchief.nl/onderzoeken/genealogie/bladeren-door-bronnen/registers/ https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/14681660Opmerkingen: vader bruid overleden
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Birthday August 9, 1888
- The temperature on August 9, 1888 was about 26.0 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
- March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
- May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
- June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
- August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
- September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
Day of marriage August 16, 1906
- The temperature on August 16, 1906 was between 11.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
- March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
- April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
- April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
- September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
- October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
- December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Day of death October 15, 1966
- The temperature on October 15, 1966 was between 10.5 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
- January 10 » Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
- March 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
- March 19 » 1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team wins the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
- October 14 » The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
- November 30 » Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- December 26 » The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
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