Family tree Root, Brinksma, Van Schoten en Molen » Foeke Huizinga (1886-1967)

Personal data Foeke Huizinga 

  • He was born on May 22, 1886 in Arum/Wonseradeel.
  • Profession: .
    FOEKE HUIZINGA

    met het

    WONDER VAN DENDERMONDE en het SPREKENDE HOOFD

    Het ‘Meisje zonder hoofd’ was een bekend kijkwerk op de Nederlandse en buitenlandse kermissen. Ook de ‘Dame zonder onderlichaam’ is misschien bij velen nog bekend.

    Foeke Huizinga werd in 1886 geboren. Op zes jarige leeftijd door zijn tweede moeder weggegeven aan een circus, dat in de buurt stond. Toen hij zestien jaar was, werd hij plotseling door zijn vader opgehaald en mee naar huis genomen. In Drenthe leerde hij zijn vrouw kennen, het was Maria van Schoten. Ook zij was geboren in 1886. Samen gingen zij in een circus werken, hij als acrobaat, maar zij zijn later voor zich zelf begonnen.

    Er was echter in de veertiger en vijftiger jaren ook een kijkwerk met een ‘Dame’ waar het gehele lichaam ontbrak. Foeke Huizinga uit Breda presenteerde destijds samen met zijn dochters Sjouke en Tonia en zijn zoon Thijs het ‘Sprekende Hoofd’ dat bekend stond als het ‘Wonder van Dendermonde’. Het geheel speelde zich af in een tent van acht bij zes meter met een parade.

    Het schilderwerk bij deze zaak was gedaan door de bekende decorateur H. Giesing uit Leeuwarden. Dit Kijkwerk heeft vele jaren succesvol gereisd. Aardig detail was hier dat het publiek ook met ‘het Hoofd’ konden communiceren. Het paradewerk werd later hoofdzakelijk gedaan door zoon Thijs, die toen ook de presentatie van de show binnen voor zijn rekening nam.

    Maria van Schoten overleed op 19 januari 1961 te Breda en Foeke overleed omstreeks 14 april 1967 eveneens in Breda.

    H. van Oers op de site www.kermishistorie.nl/html/foeke_huizinga.html
  • He died on April 13, 1967 in Breda, he was 80 years old.
  • A child of Jan Huizinga and Sjoukjen de Jong
  • This information was last updated on November 22, 2009.

Household of Foeke Huizinga

He is married to Maria van Schoten.

They got married on February 25, 1910 at Amersfoort, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Thijs Huizinga  1910-1911
  3. Maria Huizinga  1911-1996
  4. Jan Huizinga  1913-

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Foeke Huizinga

Jan Huizinga
± 1854-????
Sjoukjen de Jong
± 1858-????

Foeke Huizinga
1886-1967

1910

Maria van Schoten
1886-1961

Alfred Huizinga
1909-????
Thijs Huizinga
1910-1911
Maria Huizinga
1911-1996
Jan Huizinga
1913-
Thijs Huizinga
1914-
Antonia Alberdina Huizinga
1918-1918

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Birthday May 22, 1886

  • The temperature on May 22, 1886 was about 20.2 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
    • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
    • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
    • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
    • August 31 » The 7.0 Mw  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
    • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Day of marriage February 25, 1910

  • The temperature on February 25, 1910 was between 3.3 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
    • March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
    • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
    • July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
    • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
    • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Day of death April 13, 1967

  • The temperature on April 13, 1967 was between 4.9 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
    • April 27 » Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
    • July 3 » The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police mutiny.
    • August 13 » Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
    • November 11 » Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.
    • November 14 » American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.


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