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Household of Aafke Dijkstra

She is married to Sytze van der Wal.

They got married on May 6, 1938 at Opsterland (Fr), she was 28 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Aafke Dijkstra

Jan Martens Dijkstra
1844-1908
Geertje Wiebes Brouwers
1849-1924
Wietske Hofma
1882-1931

Aafke Dijkstra
1909-1957

1938

Sytze van der Wal
1898-1948


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1909, Opsterland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1957, Opsterland
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/163700/dijkstra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1938, Opsterland

Historical events

Birthday May 29, 1909

  • The temperature on May 29, 1909 was between 8.1 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
    • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
    • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
    • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
    • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
    • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Day of marriage May 6, 1938

  • The temperature on May 6, 1938 was between 4.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
    • June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
    • July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
    • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
    • November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
    • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.

Day of death July 8, 1957

  • The temperature on July 8, 1957 was between 13.6 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
    • January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
    • April 10 » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
    • May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
    • July 11 » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
    • July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1906 » T. H. White, Indian-English author († 1964)
  • 1907 » Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician († 2002)
  • 1908 » Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter († 1996)
  • 1910 » Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician († 1978)
  • 1913 » Tony Zale, American boxer († 1997)

Source: Wikipedia


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