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Personal data Gerritt John Witt 

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Household of Gerritt John Witt

He is married to Rica Boelkens.

They got married on February 5, 1925 at Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan, United States, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Melvin G. "Mel" Witt  1929-2016 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerritt John Witt

Gerritt John Witt
1904-1969

1925

Rica Boelkens
1906-1995

Melvin G. "Mel" Witt
1929-2016

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Sources

  1. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 183; Film Description: 1925 Menominee-1925 Saginaw / Ancestry.com
  2. Georgia, Death Index, 1919-1998, Ancestry.com, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records; Georgia, USA; Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998; Certificate Number: 012327 / Ancestry.com
  3. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Ancestry.com, Number: 367-10-8536; Issue State: Michigan; Issue Date: Before 1951 / Ancestry.com
  4. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday February 1, 1904

  • The temperature on February 1, 1904 was between -0.1 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
    • May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
    • May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
    • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
    • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
    • December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

Day of marriage February 5, 1925

  • The temperature on February 5, 1925 was between 4.4 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
    • May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
    • May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
    • July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).
    • September 17 » Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up art.
    • December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

Day of death March 22, 1969

  • The temperature on March 22, 1969 was between -1.7 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
    • June 3 » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USSFrank E. Evans in half.
    • September 9 » In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
    • November 15 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
    • November 15 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
    • November 20 » Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.


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