Family tree Dijkxhoorn » John Poortinga (1887-1955)

Personal data John Poortinga 


Household of John Poortinga

He is married to Bessie Roberts.

They got married on February 4, 1914 at Osborn, Missouri, Verenigde Staten, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Rodney Vernon Portinga  1915-2007 
  2. John Robert Portinga  1917-1998 
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Historical events

Birthday July 7, 1887

  • The temperature on July 7, 1887 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
    • July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
    • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
    • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
    • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

Day of marriage February 4, 1914

  • The average temperature on February 4, 1914 was 3.6 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
    • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
    • August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
    • August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
    • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
    • September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
    • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.

Day of death October 14, 1955

  • The temperature on October 14, 1955 was between 10.9 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
    • August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
    • September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
    • November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
    • December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.
    • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)
  • 1959 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1909)
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  • 1960 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1880)

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