Family tree Weening » Gerrit Steendam (1886-1961)

Personal data Gerrit Steendam 


Household of Gerrit Steendam

He is married to Pietje Postma.

They got married on May 20, 1911 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Steendam  1912-1982
  2. Janke Steendam  1913-2007
  3. Lodewijk Steendam  1918-1990

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1886, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1961, Tietjerksteradeel
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/107577/steenman
  4. Huwelijksregister 1911, Tietjerksteradeel

Historical events

Birthday July 12, 1886

  • The temperature on July 12, 1886 was about 16.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
    • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
    • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
    • May 1 » Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
    • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
    • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
    • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.

Day of marriage May 20, 1911

  • The temperature on May 20, 1911 was between 8.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
    • January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
    • January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
    • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
    • August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
    • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

Day of death May 14, 1961

  • The temperature on May 14, 1961 was between 6.6 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 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 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
    • January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
    • April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
    • August 21 » American country music singer Patsy Cline returns to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy", which would become her signature song.
    • September 1 » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
    • September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.


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