Family tree Weening » Harmen de Vries (1878-1949)

Personal data Harmen de Vries 


Household of Harmen de Vries

He is married to Trijntje de Leeuw.

They got married on May 17, 1902 at Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Sietske de Vries  1905-1973
  2. Jacob de Vries  1910-1964

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Harmen de Vries

Harmen de Vries
1878-1949

1902

Trijntje de Leeuw
1875-1947

Sietske de Vries
1905-1973
Jacob de Vries
1910-1964

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1878, Hennaarderadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1949, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/254293/vries_de
  4. Huwelijksregister 1902, Hennaarderadeel

Historical events

Birthday October 29, 1878

  • The temperature on October 29, 1878 was about 7.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.

Day of marriage May 17, 1902

  • The temperature on May 17, 1902 was between 6.9 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (32%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
    • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
    • April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
    • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
    • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
    • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.

Day of death February 26, 1949

  • The temperature on February 26, 1949 was between 4.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
    • April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
    • July 1 » The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.
    • September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
    • October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
    • November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.


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