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Personal data Roelfje MEIJER 


Household of Roelfje MEIJER

She is married to Pieter SIJPKES.

They got married on July 28, 1883 at Onstwedde, Groningen, NEDERLAND, she was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Theodora SIJPKES  1900-1981 
  2. Tamme SIJPKES  1902-1960
  3. Tjaard SIJPKES  1898-1989 
  4. Hendrik SIJPKES  1886-1886
  6. Anje SIJPKES  1891-1970 
  7. Hendrik SIJPKES  1896-1988 
  8. Engelina SIJPKES  1883-1967
  9. Janneke SIJPKES  1887-1962 
  10. Pieter SIJPKES  1905-1984 
  11. Theodora SIJPKES  1893-1895
  12. Hendrik SIJPKES  1889-1895
  13. Jantje SIJPKES  1903-1986

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Birthday August 22, 1861

  • The temperature on August 22, 1861 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
    • March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
    • May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
    • May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
    • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
    • December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Day of marriage July 28, 1883

  • The temperature on July 28, 1883 was about 12.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
    • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
    • June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
    • August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
    • November 30 » The style of western calendar, Common Era is conveyed to Joseon (Early-Modern Korean kingdom]].

Day of death February 3, 1940

  • The temperature on February 3, 1940 was between -8.0 °C and -2.8 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • May 24 » Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
    • June 16 » A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
    • September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
    • September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
    • November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
    • December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.


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