Family tree Fopma/Bouma » Gerke Harmens van der Wal (1889-????)

Personal data Gerke Harmens van der Wal 


Household of Gerke Harmens van der Wal

He is married to Tjitske Berends Broersma.

They got married on May 25, 1912 at Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.

MARR: RFN 150031

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  • The temperature on August 8, 1889 was about 20.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
    • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
    • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
    • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
    • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
    • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
  • The temperature on May 25, 1912 was between 5.9 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
    • February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
    • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
    • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
    • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
    • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.


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Tineke Fopma, "Family tree Fopma/Bouma", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-fopma-bouma/I84599.php : accessed May 8, 2024), "Gerke Harmens van der Wal (1889-????)".