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Personal data Gerben Wiersma 


Household of Gerben Wiersma

He is married to Sytske Couperus.

They got married on May 17, 1939 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerben Wiersma

Ytje Raap
1860-1949
Gerben Visser
1862-1919
Ytje Raap
1865-1939
Doede Wiersma
1888-1956
Elske Visser
1891-1975

Gerben Wiersma
1914-1975

1939

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1914, Dantumadeel
  2. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/544374/wiersma
  3. Huwelijksregister 1939, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

  • The temperature on January 5, 1914 was between 1.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
    • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
    • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
    • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
    • September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
    • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
  • The temperature on May 17, 1939 was between 7.1 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
    • September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
    • September 1 » The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
    • September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
    • October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
    • November 30 » Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.
  • The temperature on November 27, 1975 was between 1.6 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
    • March 10 » Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
    • April 29 » Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnamese-held Trường Sa Islands.
    • May 30 » European Space Agency is established.
    • July 5 » Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
    • July 17 » Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
    • August 27 » The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.


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