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Personal data Gerrit Bitter 


Household of Gerrit Bitter

(1) He is married to Elsien Haijema.

They got married on December 21, 1889 at Peize, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jitske Bitter  1893-???? 
  2. Dina Bitter  1890-1895
  3. Dina Bitter  1896-1964 
  8. Rika Bitter  1904-1938 


(2) He is married to Elisabeth Maria Hemmen.

They got married on May 11, 1916 at Groningen, Groningen, Nederland, he was 49 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Bitter

Gerrit Bitter
1805-1860
Egberdina Boering
1805-1886
Pieter Hindriks Ruiter
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Geertruid Hindriks
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Karel Bitter
1838-1888

Gerrit Bitter
1866-1922

(1) 1889

Elsien Haijema
1867-1915

Jitske Bitter
1893-????
Dina Bitter
1890-1895
Dina Bitter
1896-1964
Lammert Bitter
1900-
Living Bitter
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Living Bitter
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Living Bitter
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Rika Bitter
1904-1938
(2) 1916

Elisabeth Maria Hemmen
1870-????


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Historical events

Birthday August 11, 1866

  • The temperature on August 11, 1866 was about 18.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
    • June 3 » The Fenians are driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario back into the United States.
    • July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
    • July 30 » Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
    • August 20 » President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
    • October 22 » A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before, on October 19.

Day of marriage May 11, 1916

  • The temperature on May 11, 1916 was between 1.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
    • April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
    • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
    • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
    • June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
    • September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.

Day of death August 13, 1922

  • The temperature on August 13, 1922 was between 10.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 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.
    • February 8 » United States President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio set in the White House.
    • March 20 » The USSLangley is commissioned as the first United States Navy aircraft carrier.
    • April 5 » The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
    • April 16 » The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
    • July 15 » Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
    • December 8 » Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.


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