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Personal data Afke Miedema 


Household of Afke Miedema

She is married to Jelle Miedema.

They got married on May 11, 1889 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Hendrik Miedema  1890-1979 
  2. Klaas Miedema  1896-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Afke Miedema

Afke Miedema
1865-1955

1889

Jelle Miedema
1861-1928

Hendrik Miedema
1890-1979
Klaas Miedema
1896-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1865, Leeuwarderadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister Adorp 1955
  3. Huwelijksregister 1889, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday February 11, 1865

  • The temperature on February 11, 1865 was about -9.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 16 » American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.
    • March 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
    • April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
    • April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
    • November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
    • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Day of marriage May 11, 1889

  • The temperature on May 11, 1889 was about 13.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
    • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
    • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
    • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
    • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
    • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

Day of death August 1, 1955

  • The temperature on August 1, 1955 was between 11.5 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
    • September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
    • October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
    • November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
    • December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
    • December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.


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