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Personal data Jan Boorsma 


Household of Jan Boorsma

He is married to Hillegien Eelsing.

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Vlagtwedde on April 24, 1920.

They got married on May 8, 1920 at Vlagtwedde Groningen Nederland, he was 28 years old.

Event shared with Roelof Mulder (witness), Wijnholdus Albertus Wijnholds (witness)

Child(ren):

  1. Anna Caesarina Boorsma  1921-2006 
  2. Sjirk Boorsma  1924-
  3. Willem Boorsma  1926-2013
  4. Auke Boorsma  1929-

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Historical events

Birthday June 17, 1891

  • The temperature on June 17, 1891 was about 20.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
    • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
    • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

Day of marriage May 8, 1920

  • The temperature on May 8, 1920 was between 5.8 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
    • January 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
    • July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
    • July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
    • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
    • November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France

Day of death November 10, 1976

  • The temperature on November 10, 1976 was between 4.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
    • January 21 » Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
    • March 16 » British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
    • April 11 » The Apple I is created.
    • July 4 » The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.
    • July 22 » Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.
    • September 21 » Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He had been a member of the former Chilean Marxist government.


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