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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 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).
    • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
    • August 16 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
    • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
    • September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
    • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

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.
    • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
    • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
    • July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
    • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
    • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
    • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.

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.
    • January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
    • February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
    • June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
    • August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
    • September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
    • October 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”


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Source: Wikipedia

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