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Personal data Chris Bergsma 


Household of Chris Bergsma

He is married to Henrietta Hengeveld.

They got married on May 28, 1908 at New Jersey, Verenigde Staten, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Althea Bergsma  1910-1981
  3. Clarence Bergsma  1919-2012
  4. Rudolf Bergsma  1921-2003
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Chris Bergsma

Douwe Bergsma
1856-1955

Chris Bergsma
1887-1949

1908

Henrietta Hengeveld
1886-1988

Daniel Bergsma
1909-????
Althea Bergsma
1910-1981
Clarence Bergsma
1919-2012
Rudolf Bergsma
1921-2003
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Birthday May 16, 1887

  • The temperature on May 16, 1887 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
    • July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
    • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
    • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Day of marriage May 28, 1908

  • The temperature on May 28, 1908 was between 10.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
    • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
    • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
    • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
    • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
    • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

Day of death September 27, 1949

  • The temperature on September 27, 1949 was between 10.5 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • January 2 » Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
    • April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
    • June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
    • August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
    • November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
    • December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.


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