Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Roelof de Graaf (1876-1967)
Personal data Roelof de Graaf
- He was born on November 6, 1876 in Sleen, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland.Source 1
- Profession: arbeider, veenarbeider.
- Resident: Barger-Compascuum | 01-05-1930 Eindhoven | 1945 gemeente Emmen.
- He died on March 18, 1967, he was 90 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Emmen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland.Source 3
- A child of Albert de Graaf and Foekje - Fokje Klos
- This information was last updated on March 24, 2025.
Household of Roelof de Graaf
He is married to Bontje de Vries.
They got married on April 10, 1902 at Emmen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Albert de Graaf 1903-1977
- Femke de Graaf 1905-1985
- Foekje de Graaf 1907-1911
- Sietze de Graaf 1909-1945
- Foekje de Graaf 1912-2004
- Lammigje de Graaf 1914-1992
- Stevendina de Graaf 1915-2001
- Jan de Graaf 1918-1991
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Sources
http://alledrenten.nl/bronnen-bevolkingsregisters- https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/1050063/1542762/Roelof-de-Graaf-1876-1967
- https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/1050063/1542762/Roelof-de-Graaf-1876-1967
Vertrokken personen Emmen 1926-1936 de Graaf-de Vries https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/14677728Opmerkingen: vader bruidegom overleden; moeder bruidegom overleden
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Birthday November 6, 1876
- The temperature on November 6, 1876 was about 7.4 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
- April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
- April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
- October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
- December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
Day of marriage April 10, 1902
- The temperature on April 10, 1902 was between -0.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (86%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
- March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
- April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
- June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
- July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
- November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
Day of death March 18, 1967
- The temperature on March 18, 1967 was between 4.3 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
- May 20 » The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- October 2 » Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
- October 10 » The Outer Space Treaty comes into force.
- October 21 » The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.
- November 14 » American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
- December 6 » Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.
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