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Personal data Engelina Helena de Vries 


Household of Engelina Helena de Vries

(1) She is married to Wouter Valkhof.

They got married on April 10, 1918 at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, she was 40 years old.


(2) She is married to Jacobus Johannes Griesdoorn.

They got married on December 20, 1899 at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, she was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Mathilda Griesdoorn  1900-1986


(3) She is married to Cornelis Valkhof.

They got married on August 19, 1903 at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, she was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Pieter Valkhof  1904-1942 

The couple were divorced in 1914.

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Engelina Helena de Vries
1878-1959

(1) 1918
(2) 1899
(3) 1903

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Historical events

  • The temperature on March 27, 1878 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
    • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
  • The temperature on August 19, 1903 was between 8.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (84%). 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 year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
    • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
    • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
    • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
    • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
    • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
  • The temperature on May 14, 1959 was between 6.8 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
    • February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
    • April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
    • June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
    • August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
    • August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.


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