Family tree familie Springvloet » Geert Willem Ploeg (1893-1978)
Personal data Geert Willem Ploeg
- He was born on February 24, 1893 in Nieuw Buinen.
- He died on January 30, 1978 in Stadskanaal, he was 84 years old.
- He is buried in Stadskanaal.
- A child of Willem Ploeg and Jantje Remmers
Household of Geert Willem Ploeg
He is married to Marchien Poppe.
They got married.
Child(ren):
- Jantina Ploeg 1913-2000
- Geertje Ploeg 1917-2005
Timeline Geert Willem Ploeg
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Relationship Geert Willem Ploeg
- Geert Willem Ploeg is the grandfather of Alfred Christiaan (Fred) Springvloet:
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Historical events
Birthday February 24, 1893
- The temperature on February 24, 1893 was about -0.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
- June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
- July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
- July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
- September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
- November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
Day of death January 30, 1978
- The temperature on January 30, 1978 was between 0.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
- February 13 » Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
- March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
- April 1 » The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
- April 27 » Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
- May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
- September 19 » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
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- 1969 » Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
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The Family tree familie Springvloet publication was prepared by Fred Springvloet.
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Fred Springvloet, "Family tree familie Springvloet", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-springvloet/I8.php : accessed January 22, 2026), "Geert Willem Ploeg (1893-1978)".
Fred Springvloet, "Family tree familie Springvloet", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-springvloet/I8.php : accessed January 22, 2026), "Geert Willem Ploeg (1893-1978)".