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Personal data Geertje Tonkens 


Household of Geertje Tonkens

She is married to Polle Elzenga.

They got married on February 24, 1900 at Slochteren, GR, NLD, she was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Maria Elzinga  1900- 
  2. Jantje Elzinga  1901- 
  4. Anje Elzinga  1904- 
  5. Abel Elzinga  1905-1965 
  6. Melle Elzinga  1907- 
  8. Meike Elzinga  1910-1911
  9. Meike Elzinga  1912-
  11. (Not public)
  12. Grietje Elzenga  1919-1920

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertje Tonkens

Kornelis Tonkens
1816-1885
Grietje van der Wijk
1819-1903
Jan Jans Heiting
1823-????
Saartje Filippus Spakman
????-
Abel Tonkens
1847-1929

Geertje Tonkens
1876-1946

1900

Polle Elzenga
1876-1928

Maria Elzinga
1900-????
Jantje Elzinga
1901-????
Aaltje Elzinga
1903-????
Anje Elzinga
1904-????
Abel Elzinga
1905-1965
Melle Elzinga
1907-????
Saardina Elzinga
1909-????
Meike Elzinga
1910-1911
Meike Elzinga
1912-????
Hermannus Elzinga
1915-
(Not public)
Grietje Elzenga
1919-1920

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Birthday July 27, 1876

  • The temperature on July 27, 1876 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
    • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
    • April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
    • November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
    • November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.
    • December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

Day of marriage February 24, 1900

  • The temperature on February 24, 1900 was about 15.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
    • May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
    • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
    • June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
    • July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
    • August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.

Day of death July 6, 1946

  • The temperature on July 6, 1946 was between 9.6 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • 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 1946: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
    • January 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
    • January 11 » Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
    • January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
    • April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
    • May 4 » In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.
    • September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.


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