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Personal data Willem Edo Broekema 


Household of Willem Edo Broekema

He is married to Tjitske Hovius.

They got married on May 3, 1912 at Marum (Gr), he was 25 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Kornelis Broekema  1912-1996
  2. Greta Broekema  1918-2006

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Edo Broekema

Willem Edo Broekema
1886-1948

1912

Tjitske Hovius
1891-1975

Kornelis Broekema
1912-1996
Greta Broekema
1918-2006

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1886
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1948
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/1989066/broekema
  4. Huwelijksregister Marum 1912

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Historical events

Birthday August 15, 1886

  • The temperature on August 15, 1886 was about 16.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
    • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
    • May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
    • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
    • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
    • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Day of marriage May 3, 1912

  • The temperature on May 3, 1912 was between 5.1 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
    • April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
    • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
    • September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
    • November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
    • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death August 2, 1948

  • The temperature on August 2, 1948 was between 17.2 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 45.6 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
    • January 21 » The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
    • April 1 » Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
    • June 20 » The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
    • July 16 » Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
    • July 26 » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
    • September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1882 » Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian († 1972)
  • 1882 » Marion Bauer, American composer and critic († 1955)
  • 1883 » Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect († 1962)
  • 1885 » Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1968)
  • 1886 » Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer († 1974)
  • 1890 » Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator († 1962)

Source: Wikipedia


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