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Personal data Thijs Boerma 

  • He was born on December 7, 1878 in Exloërmond gem. Odoorn.
  • Occupations:
    • from 1911 till 1916 Glasblazer.
    • in the year 1919 Arbeider.
    • in the year 1937 Wethouder.
  • He died on December 18, 1952 in Stadskanaal gem. Onstwedde, he was 74 years old.
  • A child of Willem Boerma and Klasina Huininga
  • This information was last updated on December 9, 2025.

Household of Thijs Boerma

He is married to Jantje Ham.

They got married on June 3, 1911 at Onstwedde, he was 32 years old.


Child(ren):

  3. Berend Boerma  1916-1972
  4. Klaas Boerma  1918-1963

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Thijs Boerma

Thijs Boerma
1878-1952

1911

Jantje Ham
1881-1958

Willem Hendrikus Boerma
1912-1919
Geertruida Klasina Boerma
1914-1984
Berend Boerma
1916-1972
Klaas Boerma
1918-1963
Willem Hendrikus Boerma
1922-2016

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Birthday December 7, 1878

  • The temperature on December 7, 1878 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
    • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Day of marriage June 3, 1911

  • The temperature on June 3, 1911 was between 13.0 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 18.6 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (51%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
    • April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
    • June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
    • October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
    • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

Day of death December 18, 1952

  • The temperature on December 18, 1952 was between -2.9 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • 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 1952: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
    • February 20 » Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
    • July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
    • August 15 » A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
    • October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
    • November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
    • December 20 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.


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  • 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)
  • 1884 » John Carpenter, American sprinter († 1933)
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