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Personal data William Dreesman 


Household of William Dreesman

(1) He is married to Ella M Bergman.

They got married on February 7, 1938 at Stout, Grundy County, Iowa, he was 21 years old.

They got married on September 7, 1938 at Stout, Grundy County, Iowa, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. Bernard Ray Dreesman  1945-2016 
  3. (Not public)


(2) He is married to Fern Frances Straube.

They got married on November 19, 2011, he was 95 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Dreesman

Temme Mennen Dreesman
1847-1928
Gepke Dirks
Karl Krull
1848-????
Elske Everts Riekena
1851-1941
Anna Krull
1878-1967

William Dreesman
1916-2015

(1) 1938

Ella M Bergman
1914-2003

(Not public)
Bernard Ray Dreesman
1945-2016
(Not public)
(2) 2011

Fern Frances Straube
1917-2014


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Historical events

Birthday May 14, 1916

  • The temperature on May 14, 1916 was between 4.7 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (46%). 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.
    • February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
    • February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
    • July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
    • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
    • December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

Day of marriage November 19, 2011

  • The temperature on November 19, 2011 was between -0.4 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
    • February 13 » For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
    • April 27 » The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
    • May 16 » STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
    • June 1 » A rare tornado outbreak occurs in New England; a strong EF3 tornado strikes Springfield, Massachusetts, during the event, killing four people.
    • July 21 » NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
    • November 12 » Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis.

Day of death November 25, 2015

  • The temperature on November 25, 2015 was between 2.2 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2015: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.9 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
    • January 7 » A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sana'a with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured.
    • January 15 » The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets
    • July 20 » A huge explosion in the mostly Kurdish border town of Suruç, Turkey, targeting the Socialist Youth Associations Federation, kills at least 31 people and injures over 100.
    • November 4 » A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
    • December 31 » A fire broke out at the Downtown Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates located near the Burj Khalifa two hours before the fireworks display was due to commence. Sixteen injuries were reported; one had a heart attack, another suffered a major injury, and fourteen others with minor injuries.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1914 » Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician († 1983)
  • 1916 » Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator († 2005)
  • 1916 » Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer († 2001)
  • 1916 » Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer († 2012)
  • 1917 » Lou Harrison, American composer and critic († 2003)
  • 1917 » Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor († 1987)

Source: Wikipedia


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