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Personal data Gerrit Kiers 


Household of Gerrit Kiers

(1) He is married to Hendrikje Snoeijing.

They got married on May 8, 1913 at Emmen, he was 34 years old.


(2) He is married to Geertje Harders.

They got married on May 3, 1921 at Emmen, he was 42 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Kiers

Johannes Kiers
1813-1892
Gessina Panders
1812-1856
Hendrik Renting
1803-1866
Roelofje Padding
1808-1890
Jans Kiers
1841-1917

Gerrit Kiers
1878-1956

(1) 1913

Hendrikje Snoeijing
1889-1918

(2) 1921

Geertje Harders
1889-????


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Historical events

Birthday August 5, 1878

  • The temperature on August 5, 1878 was about 18.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
    • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.

Day of marriage May 3, 1921

  • The temperature on May 3, 1921 was between 0.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
    • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
    • June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
    • July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
    • July 22 » Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
    • November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.

Day of death August 28, 1956

  • The temperature on August 28, 1956 was between 11.4 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 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 year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
    • January 3 » A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
    • March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
    • March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
    • April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
    • November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
    • December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.


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