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Personal data Sjoerdtje Popkes Wester 


Household of Sjoerdtje Popkes Wester

She is married to Jolle Balsma.

They got married on April 23, 1887 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Elisabeth Balsma  1890-1993 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sjoerdtje Popkes Wester

Harrit Gjalts Wester
1793-1863
Tyttje Popkes Wagenaar
1797-1885
Hendrik Jelkes Mulder
1792-1840
Froukje Sjoerds Nauta
1796-1873

Sjoerdtje Popkes Wester
1865-1935

1887

Jolle Balsma
1866-1946

Elisabeth Balsma
1890-1993
Roelofke Balsma
1908-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1865, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1935, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1887, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday March 28, 1865

  • The temperature on March 28, 1865 was about -3.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 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 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
    • April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
    • May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
    • July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
    • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Day of marriage April 23, 1887

  • The temperature on April 23, 1887 was about 13.4 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
    • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
    • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
    • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.

Day of death March 9, 1935

  • The temperature on March 9, 1935 was between -5.0 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • February 26 » Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
    • April 23 » The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
    • May 31 » A 7.7 Mw  earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
    • June 11 » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
    • September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
    • October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.


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