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Personal data Emma Smit 

  • She was born on April 28, 1896 in Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa.
  • She died on October 8, 1953 in Middleburg, Sioux County, Iowa, she was 57 years old.

Household of Emma Smit

She is married to Gerrit Koerselman.

They got married on January 7, 1915, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Gerrit Koerselman  1919-2015 
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Birthday April 28, 1896

  • The temperature on April 28, 1896 was about 11.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
    • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
    • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
    • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
    • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
    • November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
    • November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.

Day of marriage January 7, 1915

  • The temperature on January 7, 1915 was between 5.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 16.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
    • February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
    • May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
    • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
    • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
    • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

Day of death October 8, 1953

  • The temperature on October 8, 1953 was between 5.8 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
    • February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
    • May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
    • June 2 » The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
    • September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
    • October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.


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