Family tree Ham » Katharina Smidt (1865-1947)
Personal data Katharina Smidt
- She was born on March 2, 1865 in Odoornerveen (Odoorn).
- Profession: in the year 1890 Arbeidster.
- She died on November 23, 1947 in Deventer, she was 82 years old.
- A child of Girbe Smidt and Hendrekien Zierts
- This information was last updated on July 29, 2011.
Household of Katharina Smidt
She is married to Willem Boersma.
They got married on December 21, 1888 at Emmen, she was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Grietje Boersma 1890-1890
- Willem Boersma ± 1891-????
- Girbe Boersma 1893-1918
- Berend Boersma 1894-????
- Hendrikkien Boersma ± 1896-????
- Johannes Boersma 1897-????
- Katharinus Boersma 1898-????
- Jan Boersma 1899-1909
- Grietje Boersma 1901-
- Wilhelmina Boersma ± 1903-
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Historical events
Birthday March 2, 1865
- The temperature on March 2, 1865 was about 3.4 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
- April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
- May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
- November 11 » Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company.
- November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
- December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.
Day of marriage December 21, 1888
- The temperature on December 21, 1888 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
- April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
- April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
- August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
- August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
- September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
Day of death November 23, 1947
- The temperature on November 23, 1947 was between 7.5 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
- February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
- March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
- April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
- August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
- December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
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- 1940 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1867)
- 1943 » Ernie Jones, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1869)
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J. Ham, "Family tree Ham", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-ham/I40232.php : accessed February 18, 2026), "Katharina Smidt (1865-1947)".