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Personal data Gerrit Miedema 


Household of Gerrit Miedema

He is married to Artje Veenstra.

They got married on November 24, 1906 at Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 20 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Miedema

Roelf Brugts Spoelstra
1816-1898
Grietje Goitsens van Wijk
1812-1891

Gerrit Miedema
1886-1975

1906

Artje Veenstra
1886-1977


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1886, Oostdongeradeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/709514/miedema
  3. Huwelijksregister 1906, Leeuwarden

Historical events

Birthday September 5, 1886

  • The temperature on September 5, 1886 was about 26.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
    • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
    • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
    • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
    • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
    • August 31 » The 7.0 Mw  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.

Day of marriage November 24, 1906

  • The temperature on November 24, 1906 was between 5.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
    • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
    • June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
    • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
    • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
    • September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
    • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.

Day of death November 4, 1975

  • The temperature on November 4, 1975 was between -1.0 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
    • April 13 » An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
    • April 19 » India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
    • June 20 » The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
    • June 25 » Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
    • July 5 » Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
    • November 3 » Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, are murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1976 » Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
  • 1977 » Tom Reamy, American author and illustrator (b. 1935)
  • 1980 » Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American engineer and author (b. 1905)

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