Family tree familie Eilders » Eildert Harm Eilders (1870-1939)

Personal data Eildert Harm Eilders 


Household of Eildert Harm Eilders

He is married to Brentje Geerdes.

They got married in the year 1900 at George, Lyon County, Iowa, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Bertha Mae Eilders  ± 1924-1929
  2. Ilert Eilders  1920-1999 
  3. Benart Eilders  1916-1994 
  4. Harm Dick Eilders  1906-1959 
  5. Minnie Edith Eilders  1902-1995 
  6. Hannah Eilders  1912-1998 
  7. Irene Bertha Eilders  1909-1987 


Notes about Eildert Harm Eilders

Eildert H. Eilders -- came to America [in 1884] at the age of fourteen. At the age of nineteen he purchased a farm two miles south and two miles east of George from his older brother Dirk who had come here before he did. At the age of twenty-one he received his citizenship papers and in the year 1900, at the age of twenty-nine, he married. At a double wedding Eildert married Bertha Geerdes, the daughter of Berend Geerdes, and Eildert's sister Grace married Bertha's brother George. The Eildert Eilders children were Minnie (Mrs. John Beek); Harm (married Gertrude Krahling); Irene (Mrs. Pete Timmer); Hannah (Mrs. Henry Krahling); Benart (married Sophie Popkes); and Ilert (married Johannah Koerselman). Their house is shown here.

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Historical events

Birthday April 5, 1870

  • The temperature on April 5, 1870 was about 14.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 23%. 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 year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
    • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
    • July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
    • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
    • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
    • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

Day of death June 20, 1939

  • The temperature on June 20, 1939 was between 9.9 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
    • August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
    • September 6 » World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
    • September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
    • September 21 » Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by the Iron Guard.
    • October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.


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