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Personal data Dirk Geertsma 


Household of Dirk Geertsma

He is married to Antje Faber.

They got married on May 24, 1900 at Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Maaike Geertsma  1901-1991
  2. Pieter Geertsma  1903-1986
  3. Aafke Geertsma  1905-1988 
  4. Jan Geertsma  1909-1993
  5. Trijntje Geertsma  1913-2015

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirk Geertsma

Dirk Hendriks Geertsma
1818-1898
Elisabeth Pieters Koop
1818-1888

Dirk Geertsma
1870-1942

1900

Antje Faber
1872-1949

Maaike Geertsma
1901-1991
Pieter Geertsma
1903-1986
Aafke Geertsma
1905-1988
Jan Geertsma
1909-1993
Trijntje Geertsma
1913-2015

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1870, Westdongeradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1942, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/179038/geertsma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1900, Westdongeradeel

Historical events

Birthday March 5, 1870

  • The temperature on March 5, 1870 was about 5.9 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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).
    • February 28 » The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire.
    • March 1 » Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
    • May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
    • July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
    • September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.

Day of marriage May 24, 1900

  • The temperature on May 24, 1900 was about 12.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
    • March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
    • April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
    • May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
    • June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
    • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

Day of death March 21, 1942

  • The temperature on March 21, 1942 was between 0.8 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
    • June 7 » World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
    • July 23 » Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
    • October 1 » World War II: USSGrouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
    • October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
    • November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.


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