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Household of Willem Nicolay

He is married to Grietje Schuurmans.

They got married on May 19, 1909 at Leeuwarderadeel (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Nicolay

Klaas Hayes Nicolay
1828-1911
Geertje Boyens Boyenga
1824-1915

Willem Nicolay
1885-1985

1909

Grietje Schuurmans
1883-1970


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1885, Leeuwarderadeel
  2. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/108964/nicolay
  3. Huwelijksregister 1909, Leeuwarderadeel

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Historical events

Birthday January 16, 1885

  • The temperature on January 16, 1885 was about 0.1 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
    • January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
    • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
    • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
    • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
    • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.

Day of marriage May 19, 1909

  • The temperature on May 19, 1909 was between 4.4 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
    • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
    • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
    • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
    • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
    • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Day of death January 1, 1985

  • The temperature on January 1, 1985 was between 0.5 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • March 11 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.
    • July 13 » The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney.
    • August 2 » Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
    • December 8 » The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia is established.
    • December 12 » Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.
    • December 20 » Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1880 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper († 1954)
  • 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
  • 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
  • 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)
  • 1892 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist († 1949)

Source: Wikipedia


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