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Personal data Dirk Eppinga 


Household of Dirk Eppinga

(1) He is married to Sjoerdina Brolman.

They got married on April 2, 1914 at Baarn, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jacob Dirk Eppinga  1917-2008
  2. Stuart Eppinga  1925-2017


(2) He is married to Johanna Willemina Geverink.

They got married about 1927.

She married Dirk Eppinga in April 1927, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. She immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1927 and lived in Detroit Ward 21, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 27 February 1982, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 92.

Notes about Dirk Eppinga

Jacob van der Werf immigrated to the United States in 1911; left Harlingen 25 September 1911; listed as "smid" at this time; first from Harliingen to Liverpool; then to New York, and from there to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Came aboard the ship ?Saxonia,? which arrived in New York on 10 October, 1911 from Liverpool. He travelled with his third cousin, Dirk Eppinga.

Father: Jacob VAN DER WERF b: 9 NOV 1857 in Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands
Mother: Elisabeth STEIGENGA b: 16 JUN 1854 in Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands

Marriage 1 Anna BIESBOER b: 28 FEB 1892 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Married: 28 OCT 1915 in Berger (near Dolton), Cook County, Illinois

To Detroit, Michigan, 1911, with Jacob van der Werf. Left Harlingen 25 September 1911 (listed as a timmerman then). They came to the United States on the ship "Saxonia," which arrived in New York on 10 October, 1911 from Liverpool.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirk Eppinga

Jacob Eppinga
1853-1905

Dirk Eppinga
1888-1963

(1) 1914

Sjoerdina Brolman
1888-1925

Jacob Dirk Eppinga
1917-2008
Stuart Eppinga
1925-2017
(2) ± 1927

Johanna Willemina Geverink
1889-1982


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Birthday August 11, 1888

  • The temperature on August 11, 1888 was about 19.0 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
    • July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
    • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
    • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
    • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Day of marriage April 2, 1914

  • The temperature on April 2, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
    • July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
    • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
    • August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
    • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
    • November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.

Day of death June 27, 1963

  • The temperature on June 27, 1963 was between 9.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
    • March 8 » The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
    • June 11 » Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
    • June 20 » Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington and Moscow.
    • July 19 » Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.
    • July 26 » An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
    • August 30 » The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.


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