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Personal data Willem Gejas 


Household of Willem Gejas

He is married to Eifina Bouman.

They got married on November 11, 1905 at Hoogezand (Gr), he was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jacob Gejas  1906-
  4. Jantje Gejas  1910-
  5. Etje Gejas  1914-

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Gejas

Jacob Gejas
1844-1928
Annegien Lust
1847-1882

Willem Gejas
1879-1954

1905

Eifina Bouman
1883-1950

Jacob Gejas
1906-????
Jeichina Gejas
1907-????
Annegien Gejas
1908-????
Jantje Gejas
1910-????
Etje Gejas
1914-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1879, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1954
  3. Huwelijksregister Hoogezand 1905

Historical events

Birthday February 13, 1879

  • The temperature on February 13, 1879 was about 6.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
    • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
    • May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
    • May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
    • October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
    • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄2 hours before burning out).

Day of marriage November 11, 1905

  • The temperature on November 11, 1905 was between 1.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
    • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
    • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
    • September 8 » The 7.2 Mw  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
    • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
    • December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

Day of death October 21, 1954

  • The temperature on October 21, 1954 was between 10.9 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The almost completely overcast 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • January 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
    • January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
    • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
    • March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
    • July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
    • September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1876 » Fritz Buelow, German-American baseball player and umpire († 1933)
  • 1879 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist († 1949)
  • 1880 » Dimitrie Gusti, Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and philosopher († 1955)
  • 1881 » Eleanor Farjeon, Jewish-English author, poet, and playwright († 1965)
  • 1883 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager († 1947)
  • 1883 » Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Russian-Armenian actor and director († 1922)

Source: Wikipedia


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