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Personal data Gerrit Jan te BRAKE 


Household of Gerrit Jan te BRAKE

(1) He is married to Bartha Hendrika BEKING.

They got married on January 8, 1891 at Aalten, Gelderland, NEDERLAND, he was 35 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Geertruida te BRAKE  1895-1896
  2. Willem te BRAKE  1897-1915
  5. Gerrit te BRAKE  1898-1898


(2) He is married to Christina WEVERS.

They got married on January 31, 1878 at Aalten, Gelderland, NEDERLAND, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Jan Berend te BRAKE  1884-1884
  4. Berendina te BRAKE  1882-1903


(3) He is married to Theodora HEUSINKVELD.

They got married on February 13, 1919 at Aalten, Gelderland, NEDERLAND, he was 63 years old.


(4) He is married to Louisa Theodora WESTERHOFF.

They got married on December 4, 1884 at Aalten, Gelderland, NEDERLAND, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Christina te BRAKE  1887-1943 

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Historical events

Day of marriage December 4, 1884

  • The temperature on December 4, 1884 was about 8.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 32 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Day of death October 15, 1940

  • The temperature on October 15, 1940 was between 5.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
    • February 16 » World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMSCossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
    • May 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
    • June 4 » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
    • June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
    • June 28 » Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.
    • August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.


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