Family tree Buijtendijk, Eelkema, Suers, van Bemmel, van Osenbruggen » Meindert Gerben Eelkema (1883-1930)

Personal data Meindert Gerben Eelkema 

  • He was born on June 1, 1883 in Elp Westerbork.
  • Profession: Architect te Groningen.
    Hij was de zoon van een onderwijzer in Westerbork. Toen hij zeventien was ging hij als timmerman in groningen werken, waar hij via het volgen van privé-lessen en een opleiding aan de Burger Avond Teekenschool opzichter werd. In 1903 kwam hij in dienst bij de architect A.J.Sanders. Nadat deze in 1909 onverwacht was gestorven, vestigde Meindert Eelkema zich als zelfstandig architect. Hij zou een van de beeldbepalende architecten van de zuidelijke wijk Helpman worden. Verschillende door hem ontworpen bouwwerken zijn aangewezen als rijks- of gemeentelijk monument.In 1925 ontwierp hij het Helperzwembad,met het verwarmde water waarvan 120 huizen in Helpman werden verwarmd.Het zwembad is gerestaureerd en is nog steeds in gebruik. Van zijn laatste ontwerp, het verzorgingshuis Eugeria, nu een gemeentelijk monument, maakte hij de oplevering niet meer mee. Nadat hij geruime tijd ernstig ziek was geweest, hij leed aan asthma, overleed hij op 18 mei 1930 op 46 jarige leeftijd.
  • He died on May 18, 1930 in Groningen, he was 46 years old.
  • A child of Bartele Reinders Eelkema and Tjitske Meinderts Douma
  • This information was last updated on April 1, 2014.

Household of Meindert Gerben Eelkema

He is married to Hermina Jacoba Suers.

They got married on March 27, 1910 at Haren, he was 26 years old.Source 1


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Notes about Meindert Gerben Eelkema

Hij was de zoon van een onderwijzer in Westerbork. Toen hij zeventien was ging hij als timmerman in groningen werken, waar hij via het volgen van privé-lessen en een opleiding aan de Burger Avond Teekenschool opzichter werd. In 1903 kwam hij in dienst bij de architect A.J.Sanders. Nadat deze in 1909 onverwacht was gestorven, vestigde Meindert Eelkema zich als zelfstandig architect. Hij zou een van de beeldbepalende architecten van de zuidelijke wijk Helpman worden. Verschillende door hem ontworpen bouwwerken zijn aangewezen als rijks- of gemeentelijk monument.In 1925 ontwierp hij het Helperzwembad, met het verwarmde water waarvan 120 huizen in Helpman werden verwarmd. Het zwembad is gerestaureerd en is nog steeds in gebruik. Van zijn laatste ontwerp, het verzorgingshuis Eugeria, nu een gemeentelijk monument, maakte hij de oplevering niet meer mee. Nadat hij geruime tijd ernstig ziek was geweest, hij leed aan asthma, overleed hij op 18 mei 1930 op 46 jarige leeftijd.

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    Birthday June 1, 1883

    • The temperature on June 1, 1883 was about 17.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
      • March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
      • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
      • September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
      • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
      • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

    Day of marriage March 27, 1910

    • The temperature on March 27, 1910 was between -0.6 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
      • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
      • March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
      • June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
      • August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
      • October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
      • October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.

    Day of death May 18, 1930

    • The temperature on May 18, 1930 was between 8.3 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
      • March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
      • June 21 » One-year conscription comes into force in France.
      • September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
      • September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
      • October 27 » Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.
      • November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
    

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