Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Jan van Urk (1861-1936)
Personal data Jan van Urk
- He was born in the year 1861.Source 1
- Profession: arbeider.
- He died on April 22, 1936 in Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 75 years old.Source 2
- A child of Egbert Toren and Koba - Jakoba - Jakoba Evertje Boxem
- This information was last updated on October 10, 2025.
Household of Jan van Urk
(1) He is married to Trijntje van Dijk.
They got married on March 4, 1892 at Westerbork, Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 31 years old.Source 3
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(3) He is married to Roelofje Benjamins.
They got married on January 22, 1901 at Emmen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 40 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
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Sources
- https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/32470663
50 in 1911
- https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/14962097
- https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/14733132
Opmerkingen: vader bruidegom overleden; vader bruid overleden
- https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/14676747
Opmerkingen: weduwnaar Trijntje van Dijk; weduwnaar Aaltje Warners; vader bruidegom overleden; vader bruid overleden
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Day of marriage January 22, 1901
- The temperature on January 22, 1901 was between 7.1 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
- February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
- June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
- September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
- October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
- December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
Day of death April 22, 1936
- The temperature on April 22, 1936 was between -0.9 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
- January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
- February 29 » February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
- June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
- August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
- September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
- November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
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