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Personal data Jan Wachtmeester 


Household of Jan Wachtmeester

(1) He is married to Margje Kroezen.

They got married on May 30, 1931 at Hoogeveen, he was 25 years old.


(2) He is married to Geesje Benjamins.

They got married in the year 1983 at Hoogeveen, he was 76 years old.

weduwnaar van Margje Kroezen, weduwe van Seine Schonewille

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Wachtmeester

Jan Wachtmeester
1828-1909
Margje Corba
1842-1921
Jacob Vos
1845-1920
Hendrikje Oelen
1842-1911
Aaltje Vos
1870-1932

Jan Wachtmeester
1906-2000

(1) 1931

Margje Kroezen
1905-1980

(2) 1983

Geesje Benjamins
1913-1997


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Historical events

Birthday March 19, 1906

  • The temperature on March 19, 1906 was between 1.0 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
    • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
    • April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
    • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
    • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
    • September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.

Day of marriage May 30, 1931

  • The temperature on May 30, 1931 was between 8.1 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
    • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
    • March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
    • March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
    • March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
    • April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.

Day of death June 26, 2000

  • The temperature on June 26, 2000 was between 7.1 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
    • January 21 » Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
    • May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
    • July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
    • September 15 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XXVII Olympiad, are opened in Sydney, Australia.
    • November 15 » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
    • December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1905 » Albert Speer, German architect and politician († 1981)
  • 1905 » Joe Rollino, American weightlifter and boxer († 2010)
  • 1906 » Adolf Eichmann, German SS officer († 1962)
  • 1906 » Clara Breed, American librarian and activist († 1994)
  • 1909 » Louis Hayward, South African-born American actor († 1985)

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About the surname Wachtmeester


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