Family tree Weening » Gerrit Heijs (1870-1959)

Personal data Gerrit Heijs 


Household of Gerrit Heijs

(1) He is married to Ebeltje Postmus.

They got married on April 30, 1904 at Marum (Gr), he was 34 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Hendrik Heijs  1905-1982


(2) He is married to Marijke Wobbes.

They got married on March 9, 1912 at Marum (Gr), he was 42 years old.Source 5

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Heijs

Sander Hendriks Heijs
1812-1863
Mettje Reinders Hoeksema
1819-1873
Gerrit Harms Schuil
1802-< 1878
Menke Taekes Hoekstra
1803-1882
Hendrik Heijs
1839-1922
Martje Schuil
1835-1925

Gerrit Heijs
1870-1959

(1) 1904

Ebeltje Postmus
1872-1910

Hendrik Heijs
1905-1982
(2) 1912

Marijke Wobbes
1892-1980


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Marum 1870
  2. (Not public)
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/1984944/heijs
  4. Huwelijksregister Marum 1904
  5. Huwelijksregister Marum 1912

Historical events

Birthday January 30, 1870

  • The temperature on January 30, 1870 was about -1.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
    • January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
    • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
    • April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
    • July 1 » The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
    • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.

Day of marriage March 9, 1912

  • The temperature on March 9, 1912 was between 3.8 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
    • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
    • September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
    • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
    • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Day of death October 5, 1959

  • The temperature on October 5, 1959 was between 7.0 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
    • June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
    • July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
    • August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
    • November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.
    • November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.


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