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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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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 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
    • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
    • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
    • July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
    • July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
    • November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.

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.
    • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
    • September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
    • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
    • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
    • November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
    • November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

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.
    • February 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
    • February 28 » Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
    • March 18 » Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin Split.
    • March 20 » With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
    • April 1 » Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
    • June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.


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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