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Personal data Wolter Bekkema 


Household of Wolter Bekkema

He is married to Zwaantje Potze.

They got married on July 5, 1913 at Vlagtwedde, he was 25 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wolter Bekkema

Uilke Bekkema
± 1852-????

Wolter Bekkema
1888-1976

1913

Zwaantje Potze
1890-1972


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Sources

  1. Geboorteakte nr 43
  2. Online-begraafplaatsen.nl
  3. Huwelijksakte nr 53

Historical events

Birthday May 2, 1888

  • The temperature on May 2, 1888 was about 10.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
    • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
    • September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
    • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
    • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
    • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

Day of marriage July 5, 1913

  • The temperature on July 5, 1913 was between 10.2 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
    • May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
    • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
    • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
    • October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
    • November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.

Day of death November 10, 1976

  • The temperature on November 10, 1976 was between 4.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
    • January 5 » The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
    • February 4 » In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
    • September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
    • September 10 » A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
    • September 17 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.
    • September 19 » Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object, when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1886 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet († 1956)
  • 1887 » Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
  • 1887 » Vernon Castle, English-American dancer († 1918)
  • 1889 » Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician († 1959)
  • 1890 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author († 1965)

Source: Wikipedia


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