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Personal data Riemkje Steensma 


Household of Riemkje Steensma

She is married to Bindert Gerbens Dijkstra.

They got married on May 25, 1895 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jantje Dijkstra  1899-1944

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Riemkje Steensma

Wybe Regnerus Seinstra
1814-1902
Aaltje Meinderts Leij
1815-1896

Riemkje Steensma
1872-1954

1895

Bindert Gerbens Dijkstra
1867-1940

Jantje Dijkstra
1899-1944

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1872, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1954, Tietjerksteradeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1895, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday December 20, 1872

  • The temperature on December 20, 1872 was about 2.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
    • February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
    • March 11 » Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
    • June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
    • December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
    • December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Day of marriage May 25, 1895

  • The temperature on May 25, 1895 was about 9.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
    • April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
    • June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
    • October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
    • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
    • December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

Day of death March 20, 1954

  • The temperature on March 20, 1954 was between 7.3 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
    • May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
    • June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
    • June 12 » Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
    • September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
    • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.


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