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.
    • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
    • March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
    • 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 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
    • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
    • November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

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.
    • 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.
    • June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
    • August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
    • August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
    • October 20 » The hull of the RMSOlympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

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 15 » The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
    • February 13 » American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.
    • May 20 » The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    • June 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
    • October 2 » Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
    • October 27 » Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the 'Baltimore Four' protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.


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