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Personal data Gerrit Lam
- He was born on May 8, 1873 in Renswoude, Utrecht, Netherlands.
- Occupations:
- starting 1900 arbeider.
- starting 1907 tolgaarder.
- starting 1910 zuivelbereider.
- starting 1922 botermaker.
- He died on July 8, 1955 in Arnhem, Gemeente Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland, he was 82 years old.
- Death registration.Source 1
- A child of Hendrik Lam and Janna Smit
- This information was last updated on April 23, 2017.
Household of Gerrit Lam
(1) He is married to Cornelia van den Brink.
They got married on May 4, 1900 at Renswoude, Utrecht, Netherlands, he was 26 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Dientje Lam 1902-1994
- Hendrika Lam 1903-1978
- Dirkje Lam 1904-1999
- Gerrit Lam 1907-1989
- Cornelia Lam 1908-1999
- Petronella Lam 1910-1998
- Cornelis Lam 1911-1977
- Gerritje Lam 1913-1991
- Elsje Catharina Lam 1916-2002
- N.N. Lam 1919
- N.N. Lam 1922
(2) He is married to Cornelia Elisabeth Cieraad.
They got married on October 4, 1922 at Arnhem, Gemeente Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland, he was 49 years old.Source 3
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Historical events
Birthday May 8, 1873
- The temperature on May 8, 1873 was about 9.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 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)
- 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 1873: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
- March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
- April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
- May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
- May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
Day of marriage October 4, 1922
- The temperature on October 4, 1922 was between 9.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
- January 7 » Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64–57 vote.
- March 15 » After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
- October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
- November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
- December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
- December 8 » Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.
Day of death July 8, 1955
- The temperature on July 8, 1955 was between 13.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
- April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
- May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
- June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
- June 11 » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
- August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
- September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
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