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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.
    • January 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
    • April 2 » American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
    • May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
    • June 11 » The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
    • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
    • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
    • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
    • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

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.
    • March 23 » Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
    • July 1 » Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
    • July 20 » Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
    • September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
    • December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
    • December 30 » The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.


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