Family tree Kaper » Grietje Wierenga (1871-1955)
Personal data Grietje Wierenga
- She was born on March 20, 1871 in Boven Veensloot, GR, NLD.
- Occupations:
- on May 9, 1894 Dienstmeid.
- on April 10, 1895 Werkvrouw.
- She died on July 26, 1955 in Meeden, GR, NLD, she was 84 years old.
- A child of Haijo Wierenga and Annechien Westera
Household of Grietje Wierenga
She is married to Tonko Daniels.
They got married on June 16, 1894 at Meeden, GR, NLD, she was 23 years old.
wettiging 1 kind
Child(ren):
- Janna Daniëls 1894-1895
- Annechien Daniels 1903-1965
- Albertje Daniels 1906-1982
- The couple has common ancestors.
Timeline Grietje Wierenga
This functionality is only available in Javascript supporting browsers.
Click on the names for more info.
Symbols used: 
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
grandparents
parents
brothers/sisters
children
Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Wierenga
Grietje Wierenga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1894 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tonko Daniels | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The data shown has no sources.
Historical events
Birthday March 20, 1871
- The temperature on March 20, 1871 was about 4.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. 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)
- From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
- March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
- May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
- July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
- September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
- December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage June 16, 1894
- The temperature on June 16, 1894 was about 14.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
- March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
- April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
- August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
- November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
- November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of death July 26, 1955
- The temperature on July 26, 1955 was between 13.1 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
- February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
- May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
- May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
- June 11 » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
- July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
- December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
Same birth/death day
- 1870 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general († 1964)
- 1874 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist († 1945)
- 1876 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1927)
- 1879 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist († 1960)
- 1882 » Harold Weber, American golfer († 1933)
- 1882 » René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France († 1962)
- 1951 » James Mitchell, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
- 1952 » Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)
- 1953 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
- 1957 » Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957)
- 1960 » Cedric Gibbons, British art director and production designer (b. 1893)
- 1964 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (b. 1884)
About the surname Wierenga
- View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Wierenga.
- Check the information Open Archives has about Wierenga.
- Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Wierenga.
The Family tree Kaper publication was prepared by Jan Kaper.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I65741.php : accessed February 15, 2026), "Grietje Wierenga (1871-1955)".
Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I65741.php : accessed February 15, 2026), "Grietje Wierenga (1871-1955)".