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Personal data Willem Johannes de Graaff 


Household of Willem Johannes de Graaff

He is married to Gerredina Kesting.

They got married on July 9, 1913 at Amsterdam, he was 36 years old.

•Gehuwd op 9 juli 1913, Amsterdam, Nederland, met Willem de Graaff ca 1877 (Detail resultaat: (Vader bruid) - Bron Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk - Archieflocatie Noord-Hollands Archief - Algemeen Gemeente: Amsterdam - Soort akte: Huwelijksakte - Aktenummer: reg.4E;fol.24 - Datum: 09-07-1913 - Bruidegom Willem Johannes de Graaff - Leeftijd: 36 - Geboorteplaats: Rotterdam - Bruid Gerredina Kesting - Leeftijd: 39 - Geboorteplaats: Amsterdam - Vader bruidegom Willem Jacobus de Graaff - Moeder bruidegom Saartje Kik - Vader bruid Eduard Kesting - Moeder bruid Aafje Wolfrat - Nadere informatie Weduwe van Pieter Maret.;beroep Bg.:matroos bij de Koninklijke Marine;beroep vader Bd.:timmerman - )

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Birthday October 27, 1876

  • The temperature on October 27, 1876 was about 10.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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.
    • February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
    • April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
    • April 22 » The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of Major League Baseball.
    • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
    • November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
    • December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

Day of death January 1, 1947

  • The temperature on January 1, 1947 was between -0.3 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
    • January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
    • February 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
    • March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
    • August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
    • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
    • December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.


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