Family tree van Bosscha, Broersma, van Dijk, van der Meulen » Jan van Ek (1845-1915)

Personal data Jan van Ek 

  • Alternative names: Jan van Ek (maiden name, name before first marriage), Jan Harms van Ek (maiden name, name before first marriage), Jan van Ek (maiden name, name before first marriage)
  • He was born in the year 1845 in Oldeholtwolde, Gemeente Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland.
  • Profession: veenbaas.
  • He died on September 28, 1915, he was 70 years old.
  • This information was last updated on December 20, 2017.

Household of Jan van Ek

He has/had a relationship with Ytje Hommes Heida.


Child(ren):

  1. Homme van Ek  1881-1947 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan van Ek

Jan van Ek
1845-1915


Ytje Hommes Heida
1840-1915

Homme van Ek
1881-1947

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Historical events

Day of death September 28, 1915

  • The temperature on September 28, 1915 was between 6.6 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
    • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
    • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
    • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
    • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
    • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.


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