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Personal data Jan Rijks 


Household of Jan Rijks

He is married to Hindriktje Ravensburg.

They got married on October 29, 1914 at Scheemda, GR, NLD, he was 26 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  2. (Not public)
  3. (Not public)
  4. Reina Rijks  1919-1919
  5. Eltjo Rijks  1922-1923

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Rijks

Eltjo Rijks
± 1861-????

Jan Rijks
1888-1985

1914

Hindriktje Ravensburg
1885-1977

Hilkéa Geertruida Rijks
1915-2005
(Not public)
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Reina Rijks
1919-1919
Eltjo Rijks
1922-1923

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Sources

  1. BS Geboorte Jan Rijks, via https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/65235..., September 21, 1888
    hoofdpersoonnaam=Jan Rijks hoofdpersoongeslacht=Man hoofdpersoongebdatum=20-09-1888 hoofdpersoongebplaats=Oostwold gem. Midwolda hoofdpersoonvader=Eltjo Rijks hoofdpersoonvaderberoep=arbeider hoofdpersoonvaderleeftijd=27 jaar hoofdpersoonmoeder=Hilke Stam hoofdpersoonmoederberoep=Arbeidster gebeurtenis=Geboorte aktedatum=21-09-1888 akteplaats=Midwolda erfgoedinstelling=Groninger Archieven aktenummer=114 brontype=BS Geboorte Instellingsplaats=Groningen Collectiegebied=Groningen Collectie=Bron: boek, Periode: 1888 Boek=Geboorteregister 1888
  2. BS Huwelijk Jan Rijks & Hindriktje Ravensburg, via https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/18812..., October 29, 1914
    hoofdpersoonnaam=Jan Rijks hoofdpersoonberoep=arbeider hoofdpersoonleeftijd=26 jaar hoofdpersoongebplaats=Midwolda partnernaam=Hindriktje Ravensburg partnerleeftijd=29 jaar partnergebplaats=Scheemda hoofdpersoonvader=Eltjo Rijks hoofdpersoonvaderberoep=arbeider hoofdpersoonmoeder=Hilke Stam hoofdpersoonmoederberoep=Arbeidster partnervader=Gerrit Ravensburg partnervaderberoep=arbeider partnermoeder=Geertruida Dijkhuis trdatum=29-10-1914 trplaats=Scheemda gebeurtenis=Huwelijk aktedatum=29-10-1914 akteplaats=Scheemda erfgoedinstelling=Groninger Archieven aktenummer=37 brontype=BS Huwelijk Instellingsplaats=Groningen Collectiegebied=Groningen Aktesoort=huwelijk Collectie=Bron: boek, Periode: 1914 Boek=Huwelijksregister 1914

Historical events

Birthday September 20, 1888

  • The temperature on September 20, 1888 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
    • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
    • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
    • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
    • 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.
    • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.

Day of marriage October 29, 1914

  • The temperature on October 29, 1914 was between 5.7 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
    • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
    • August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
    • August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
    • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
    • November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.

Day of death June 28, 1985

  • The temperature on June 28, 1985 was between 10.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • March 17 » Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
    • June 19 » Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
    • September 2 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
    • September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
    • October 30 » Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
    • November 13 » Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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