Family tree Jacobs » Gerrit Hilgen (1874-1962)

Personal data Gerrit Hilgen 


Household of Gerrit Hilgen

He is married to Elsina Rengers.

They got married on August 8, 1901 at Emmen, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  3. Staas Hilgen  1905-
  4. Harm Hilgen  1908-

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Hilgen

Hermannus Hilgen
1798-1852
Hillegien Joesten
1801-1882
Jan Harms Rengers
1805-1850
Wobbechien Klamer
1810-1896
Staas Hilgen
1837-1899

Gerrit Hilgen
1874-1962

1901

Elsina Rengers
1878-1946

Grietje Hilgen
1901-????
Annechien Hilgen
1903-????
Staas Hilgen
1905-????
Harm Hilgen
1908-????

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Historical events

Day of marriage August 8, 1901

  • The temperature on August 8, 1901 was between 15.6 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
    • August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
    • September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
    • October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
    • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
    • December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

Day of death October 14, 1962

  • The temperature on October 14, 1962 was between 3.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
    • July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
    • July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
    • August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
    • October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
    • November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.


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