Family tree Weening » Geeltje van der Wal (1919-2005)
Personal data Geeltje van der Wal
- She was born on May 11, 1919 in Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: dienstbode.
- She died on October 10, 2005 in -, she was 86 years old.Source 2
- She is buried in Kollumerzwaag, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).
- A child of Jan Hinse van der Wal and Aaltje Feddema
- This information was last updated on August 14, 2024.
Household of Geeltje van der Wal
She is married to Pieter de Groot.
They got married on May 23, 1940 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 21 years old.Source 3
The couple were divorced from December 18, 1968 at Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).
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Historical events
Birthday May 11, 1919
- The temperature on May 11, 1919 was between 9.3 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
- February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
- May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
- July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
- August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
- December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
- December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of marriage May 23, 1940
- The temperature on May 23, 1940 was between 9.6 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
- February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
- July 6 » Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
- July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
- August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
- August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
- September 17 » World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
Day of death October 10, 2005
- The temperature on October 10, 2005 was between 11.0 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
- June 30 » MTV Canada is rebranded as Razer
- July 7 » A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
- July 28 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
- August 19 » The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
- November 23 » Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
- December 6 » An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 94 on board and 12 more on the ground.
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