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Personal data Gertrude Smit 

  • She was born on April 12, 1907 in Hospers, Sioux, Iowa, United States.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1910: Baker Township, O'Brien, Iowa, United States.
    • in the year 1920: Lynn Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States.
    • in the year 1925: Sioux Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States.
    • in the year 1930: Baker Township, O'Brien, Iowa, United States.
    • in the year 1935: Phillips, Kansas, United States.
    • in the year 1940: Granite Township, Phillips, Kansas, United States.
    • in the year 1920: Lynn Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States.
    • in the year 1925: Sioux Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States.
    • in the year 1930: Baker Township, O'Brien, Iowa, United States.
    • in the year 1935: Phillips, Kansas, United States.
    • in the year 1940: Granite Township, Phillips, Kansas, United States.
  • She died on October 19, 1984 in Sheldon, Iowa, United States, she was 77 years old.
  • She is buried in the year 1984 in Sheldon, O'Brien, Iowa, United States.

Household of Gertrude Smit

She is married to Harold Westerman.

They got married on February 2, 1927 at Hospers, Sioux, Iowa, United States, she was 19 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Catherine Westerman  1929-2000
  2. Henrietta Westerman  1929-1997
  3. Wilma Westerman  1929-2016

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gertrude Smit

Gertrude Smit
1907-1984

1927

Harold Westerman
1900-1992

Catherine Westerman
1929-2000
Henrietta Westerman
1929-1997
Wilma Westerman
1929-2016

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Sources

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch.org, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 May 2018, 13:13), entry for Harold Westerman(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVYB-9BX); contributed by various users. PersonID LVYB-9BX
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Birthday April 12, 1907

  • The temperature on April 12, 1907 was between 2.7 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
    • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
    • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
    • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
    • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
    • December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.

Day of marriage February 2, 1927

  • The temperature on February 2, 1927 was between -0.6 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
    • April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
    • June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
    • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
    • August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
    • December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

Day of death October 19, 1984

  • The temperature on October 19, 1984 was between 9.5 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 14.5 mm of rain during 9.6 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
    • February 29 » Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.
    • May 6 » One hundred three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
    • May 27 » The Danube-Black Sea canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
    • December 10 » United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.
    • December 20 » The Summit Tunnel fire, one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a freight train carrying over one million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.


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