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Personal data Geertruida Catharina Douwes 


Household of Geertruida Catharina Douwes

She is married to Pieter Geertsma.

They got married on May 11, 1944 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 27 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertruida Catharina Douwes

Johannes Douwes
1848-1932
Trijntje Bouwes de Jong
1857-1950
Aukje Edzes de Vries
1859-1951

Geertruida Catharina Douwes
1916-1997

1944

Pieter Geertsma
1916-1995


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Historical events

Birthday November 4, 1916

  • The temperature on November 4, 1916 was between 9.6 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
    • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
    • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
    • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
    • September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
    • December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

Day of marriage May 11, 1944

  • The temperature on May 11, 1944 was between 1.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 3 » World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
    • June 4 » World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
    • June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
    • June 10 » World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
    • August 12 » Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
    • September 15 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.

Day of death March 13, 1997

  • The temperature on March 13, 1997 was between 6.5 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
    • February 22 » In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
    • March 26 » Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
    • July 27 » About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
    • August 26 » Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
    • December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky


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