Family tree familie Eilders » John J Roorda (1871-1958)

Personal data John J Roorda 


Household of John J Roorda

He is married to Adriana Versteegh.

They got married on January 29, 1896 at Pella, Marion County, Iowa, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Gerard Roorda  1903-1981 
  2. John Roorda  1897-1980 
  3. Ada Roorda  1907-1993

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John J Roorda

Epke Alberts Roorda
1798-1884
Froukje Wiegers van der Lune
1800-1879
Jan van Maren
1809-1884
Aarkie van der Linden
1805-1883

John J Roorda
1871-1958

1896

Adriana Versteegh
1871-1932

Gerard Roorda
1903-1981
John Roorda
1897-1980
Ada Roorda
1907-1993

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Historical events

Birthday March 31, 1871

  • The temperature on March 31, 1871 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • 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.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
    • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
    • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
    • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
    • June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
    • July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.

Day of marriage January 29, 1896

  • The temperature on January 29, 1896 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
    • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
    • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
    • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
    • December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
    • December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

Day of death June 15, 1958

  • The temperature on June 15, 1958 was between 10.0 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
    • April 5 » Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
    • July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
    • October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
    • November 25 » French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
    • December 9 » The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.


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