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Personal data Grietje Hoekstra 


Household of Grietje Hoekstra

She is married to Meindert van der Weg.

They got married on August 2, 1889 at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, she was 20 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Jessie van der Weg  1890-1974
  3. Grace van der Weg  1898-1988

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grijpskerk 1869
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Historical events

Birthday May 3, 1869

  • The temperature on May 3, 1869 was about 13.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
    • August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
    • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
    • November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
    • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

Day of marriage August 2, 1889

  • The temperature on August 2, 1889 was about 18.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
    • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
    • May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
    • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
    • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
    • November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.


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