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Personal data Gerrit Looijen 


Household of Gerrit Looijen

He is married to Johanna Jacoba Van Dodewaard.

They got married on May 2, 1917 at Heteren (GL), he was 32 years old.Source 3


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Looijen

Arnoldus Looijen
1817-1868
Gerredina Meurs
1814-1876

Gerrit Looijen
1885-1960

1917

Johanna Jacoba Van Dodewaard
1890-1974

Stijntje Arnolda Looijen
1923-1993

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    Sources

    1. Geb akte 13 dd 17-1-1885 (Family Search Wageningen Geboorten 1883-1886 Image 154)
    2. Overlijdens akte 81 dd 5-7-1960 (Family Search Wageningen Overlijden 1960 Image 44)
    3. Huwelijks akte 3 dd 2-5-1917 (Family Search Heteren Huwelijken 1913-1922 Image 88)

    Historical events

    Birthday January 17, 1885

    • The temperature on January 17, 1885 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
      • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
      • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
      • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
      • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
      • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

    Day of marriage May 2, 1917

    • The temperature on May 2, 1917 was between 0.4 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
      • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
      • March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
      • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
      • June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
      • November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
      • December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

    Day of death July 4, 1960

    • The temperature on July 4, 1960 was between 5.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
      • January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
      • February 16 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSTriton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
      • March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
      • April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
      • July 20 » Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
      • December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
    

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