Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Gerrit Voorn (1860-1954)

Personal data Gerrit Voorn 


Household of Gerrit Voorn

He is married to Geertien Roelofs.

They got married on September 2, 1884 at Emmen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Voorn  1889-???? 
  2. Berend Voorn  1897-1921

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Sources

  1. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/14666190
    24 in 1884
  2. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/32490006
    Relatie: Geertien Roelofs
    Relatie: Marijgien Prins
  3. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/14666190
    Opmerkingen: voogd bruid Jan Harm Leferink; toeziend voogd bruid Hendrik Jan Grobbe; vader bruidegom overleden

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Historical events

Day of marriage September 2, 1884

  • The temperature on September 2, 1884 was about 15.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
    • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.

Day of death February 12, 1954

  • The average temperature on February 12, 1954 was 1.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • January 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
    • February 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
    • April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
    • May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
    • October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
    • December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".


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Source: Wikipedia


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