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Personal data Christiaan "Chris" Kieft 


Household of Christiaan "Chris" Kieft

He is married to Bertha Klei.

They got married on September 1, 1894 at Chicago, Town of Charlestown, Coffee County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten, he was 21 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Gertrude Kieft  1895-???? 
  2. Ella Kieft  1896-1987 
  3. Peter Kieft  1899-1930
  4. Matthew Kieft  1901-1978 
  5. Margaret Kieft  1903-1963 
  6. Bertha Kieft  1905-1990 
  7. Christian Kieft  1907-1972
  8. Albert Kieft  1909-1978
  9. William Kieft  1913-1976
  10. (Not public)
  11. (Not public)
  12. N.N. Kieft  1936

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Christiaan Kieft

Hindrik Kieft
1825-1901
Getruid Gambo
1833-1877

Christiaan Kieft
1872-1936

1894

Bertha Klei
1874-1947

Ella Kieft
1896-1987
Peter Kieft
1899-1930
Matthew Kieft
1901-1978
Bertha Kieft
1905-1990
Albert Kieft
1909-1978
William Kieft
1913-1976
N.N. Kieft
1936-1936

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Sources

  1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23M-642P
  2. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPZ-QF67
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127280605
  4. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N76G-BMQ

Historical events

  • The temperature on October 7, 1872 was about 14.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
    • March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
    • May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
    • July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
    • September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
    • December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
  • The temperature on September 1, 1894 was about 14.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
    • May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
    • September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
    • September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
    • September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
    • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
  • The temperature on January 13, 1936 was between -3.2 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
    • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
    • July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
    • August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
    • August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
    • November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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