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Household of Petrus Gerrits

He is married to Wilhelmina Warmenhoven.

They got married on October 7, 1914 at Velsen, he was 22 years old.

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  • The temperature on April 10, 1892 was about 9.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. 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 year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
    • August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
    • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
    • September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
    • September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
    • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
  • The temperature on October 9, 1959 was between 0.2 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
    • February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
    • March 28 » The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
    • March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
    • April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
    • June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.


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