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Personal data Herman Blok 

  • He was born on December 27, 1873 in Ten Boer, Groningen, The Netherlands.
    KindHerman Bok
    Geboortedatum27-12-1873
    GeboorteplaatsTen Post gem. Ten Boer
    GeslachtMan
    VaderKlaas Bok
    Beroeponderwijzer
    Leeftijd39 jaar
    MoederHanna Timmer
    GebeurtenisGeboorte
    Datum27-12-1873
    GebeurtenisplaatsTen Post gem. Ten Boer
    DocumenttypeBS Geboorte
    ErfgoedinstellingGroninger Archieven
    Plaats instellingGroningen
    CollectiegebiedGroningen
    Aktenummer192
    Registratiedatum29-12-1873
    AkteplaatsTen Boer
    CollectieBron: boek, Periode: 1873
    BoekGeboorteregister 1873
    bronboek
    register_periode1873
  • He died on May 17, 1956 in Den Helder, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands, he was 82 years old.
    OverledeneHerman Bok
    GeboorteplaatsTen Boer
    Leeftijd82
    VaderKlaas Bok
    MoederHanna Timmer
    PartnerJohanna Maria Meilink
    GebeurtenisOverlijden
    Datum17-05-1956
    GebeurtenisplaatsDen Helder
    DocumenttypeBS Overlijden
    ErfgoedinstellingNoord-Hollands Archief
    Plaats instellingHaarlem
    CollectiegebiedNoord-Holland
    Archief617
    Registratienummer4051
    Aktenummer132
    Registratiedatum18-05-1956
    AkteplaatsDen Helder
    Collectieburgerlijke stand van de gemeenten in de provincie Noord-Holland, Archiefdeel van (dubbele) regis...
    BoekOverlijdensakten van de gemeenten in de provincie Noord-Holland
  • This information was last updated on December 21, 2025.

Household of Herman Blok

He is married to Johanna Maria Meilink.

They got married on February 14, 1900 at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, he was 26 years old.

BruidegomHerman Bok
GeboorteplaatsTen Post
Leeftijd26
BruidJohanna Maria Meilink
GeboorteplaatsAnna Paulowna
Leeftijd23
Vader van de bruidegomKlaas Bok
Moeder van de bruidegomHanna Timmer
Vader van de bruidHerk Meilink
Moeder van de bruidJohanna Scholten
GebeurtenisHuwelijk
Datum14-02-1900
GebeurtenisplaatsRotterdam
DocumenttypeBS Huwelijk
ErfgoedinstellingStadsarchief Rotterdam
Plaats instellingRotterdam
CollectiegebiedZuid-Holland
Archief999-06
Registratienummer1900B
Paginab53
Registratiedatum14-02-1900
AkteplaatsRotterdam
CollectieBurgerlijke Stand Rotterdam, huwelijksakten
BoekNadere toegang op het huwelijksregister van de gemeente Rotterdam

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Historical events

Birthday December 27, 1873

  • The temperature on December 27, 1873 was about 5.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 1 » E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
    • April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
    • June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
    • July 21 » At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
    • August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
    • November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

Day of death May 17, 1956

  • The temperature on May 17, 1956 was between 2.0 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
    • May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
    • June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
    • July 9 » The 7.7 Mw  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
    • September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
    • October 17 » The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
    • December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.


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