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Personal data Grietje Jans Hekma 

  • She was born on September 28, 1859 in Zuurdijk Groningen.
  • She died on January 7, 1941 in Warffum Groningen, she was 81 years old.
    Heden overleed, zacht en kalm, onze lieve Moeder, Behuwd-, Groot- en Overgrootmoeder GRIETJE HEKMA, oud ruim 81 jaar, sedert 2 Oct. 1914 Weduwe van WILLEM HENDERIKUS WILLEMSEN. Warffum, 7 Januari 1941. Usquert: R. BIEREMA. Warffum: J. E. WILLEMSEN. E. F. WILLEMSEN— JELTSEMA. H. H. WILLEMSEN. A. A. E. WILLEMSEN— HARKEMA. Klein-, Achterkleinkinderen en Verloofde. De begrafefls zal plaats vinden op Vrijdag 10 Jan., des namiddags 2 uur, te Warffum. Heden overleed, onze beste Zuster, Behuwdzuster en Tante, Mevr. , GRIETJE WILLEMSEN—HEKMA, in den ouderdom van ruim 81 jaar. Namens de Familie: D. HEKMA, Ulrum. J. E. WIERSMA, Heereweg, Groningen. ( Heden overleed mijn zeer geachte Mevrouw G. WILLEMSEN—HEKMA, in den ouderdom van 81 jaar. Warffum, 7 Jan. 1941
  • A child of Jan Hekma and Korneliske Ritsema
  • This information was last updated on September 19, 2016.

Household of Grietje Jans Hekma

She is married to Willem Hindrik Willemsen.

They got married on April 4, 1884 at Leens Groningen, she was 24 years old.

Huwelijk04-04-1884 Leens
Bruidegom Willem Hindrik Willemsen, landbouwer
GeborenWarffum
Vader bruidegomHinderikus Harms Willemsen, landbouwer
Moeder bruidegomAnna Sophia Elema
Bruid Grietje Hekma
GeborenZuurdijk
Vader bruid Jan Hekma
Moeder bruid Korneliske Ritsema, landbouwersche
Diversen bruidegom 25 jaar; bruid 24 jaar
Bron Huwelijksregister Leens 1884
Aktenummer 7

Child(ren):

  2. Jan Enne Willemsen  1888-????

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Birthday September 28, 1859

  • The temperature on September 28, 1859 was about 17.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
    • May 31 » The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
    • June 18 » First ascent of Aletschhorn, second summit of the Bernese Alps.
    • June 24 » Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
    • June 30 » French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
    • August 27 » Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.

Day of marriage April 4, 1884

  • The temperature on April 4, 1884 was about 12.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
    • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

Day of death January 7, 1941

  • The temperature on January 7, 1941 was between -8.7 °C and -4.9 °C and averaged -6.8 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • January 20 » A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
    • March 4 » World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
    • March 11 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
    • March 29 » World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
    • December 17 » World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
    • December 23 » World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.


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