Family tree Weening » Adam Gerrit Dijkstra (1911-1979)

Personal data Adam Gerrit Dijkstra 


Household of Adam Gerrit Dijkstra

He is married to Minke Dijkstra.

They got married on June 10, 1937 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Luitzen Dijkstra  1938-2022

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Adam Gerrit Dijkstra

Enne Luitjens Dijkstra
1846-1879
Antje Jelles Kootstra
1847-1930
Adam Engelsma
1842-1921
Suster de Jager
1847-1926

Adam Gerrit Dijkstra
1911-1979

1937

Minke Dijkstra
1913-1990

Luitzen Dijkstra
1938-2022

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1911, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/251393/dijkstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1937, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday November 25, 1911

  • The temperature on November 25, 1911 was between -2.3 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
    • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
    • May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
    • May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
    • May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
    • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
    • November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

Day of marriage June 10, 1937

  • The temperature on June 10, 1937 was between 15.4 °C and 30.9 °C and averaged 22.8 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
    • January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
    • July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.
    • September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
    • October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
    • October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.

Day of death September 4, 1979

  • The temperature on September 4, 1979 was between 8.6 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • March 30 » Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
    • May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
    • May 28 » Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
    • June 3 » A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000m) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
    • July 17 » Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida, United States.
    • October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1908 » Natyaguru Nurul Momen, Bangladeshi playwright, author, educator, director and media personality († 1990)
  • 1909 » P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator († 1986)
  • 1911 » Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer († 1984)
  • 1913 » Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and educator († 1993)
  • 1914 » Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach († 1999)
  • 1914 » Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist († 1995)

Source: Wikipedia


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