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Personal data Bessie Spitler 

  • She was born on August 30, 1885 in Clarion (Wright County) (Iowa).
  • She died on April 25, 1970 in Hancock County (Iowa), she was 84 years old.
  • This information was last updated on May 12, 2023.

Household of Bessie Spitler

She is married to Filippus ter Veldhuis.

They got married on October 11, 1905 at Clarion (Wright County) (Iowa), she was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Harold Heiko Veldhouse  1906-1966 
  4. Dale Veldhouse  1912-1994 
  5. Nickolas P. Veldhouse  1915-1991 
  6. William Veldhouse  1917-1997
  9. Floyd Veldhouse  1925-1969 
  10. Ruth Veldhouse  1927-1949 

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Birthday August 30, 1885

  • The temperature on August 30, 1885 was about 15.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
    • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
    • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
    • September 29 » The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
    • November 16 » Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
    • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Day of marriage October 11, 1905

  • The temperature on October 11, 1905 was between 2.4 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
    • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
    • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
    • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
    • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
    • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.

Day of death April 25, 1970

  • The temperature on April 25, 1970 was between 7.3 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
    • March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
    • April 17 » Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
    • May 11 » The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250million in damage.
    • May 31 » The 7.9 Mw  Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
    • October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
    • December 15 » Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.


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