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.
- February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- February 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
- April 2 » American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
- April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
- December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
- 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 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
- May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
- June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
- July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
- August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
- December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
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.
- March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
- 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.
- March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
- April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
- April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
- July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
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