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Personal data Douwe Dam 


Household of Douwe Dam

He is married to Japke Gastma.

They got married on May 9, 1908 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Baukje Dam  1909-1962
  2. Frans Doeke Dam  1910-1910
  3. Frans Doeke Dam  1911-1982
  4. Jan Dam  1912-
  5. Wietske Dam  1922-1998

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Dam

Doeke Douwes Dam
1808-1874
Martje Sytses Kloosterman
1812-1892
Marten Jans Looyenga
1813-1884
Wytske Jans Westra
1808-1860

Douwe Dam
1885-1945

1908

Japke Gastma
1889-1963

Baukje Dam
1909-1962
Frans Doeke Dam
1910-1910
Frans Doeke Dam
1911-1982
Jan Dam
1912-????
Wietske Dam
1922-1998

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1885, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1946, Menaldumadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1908, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday January 9, 1885

  • The temperature on January 9, 1885 was about -0.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
    • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
    • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
    • June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
    • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
    • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
    • September 6 » Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.

Day of marriage May 9, 1908

  • The temperature on May 9, 1908 was between 9.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
    • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
    • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
    • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
    • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
    • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.

Day of death April 3, 1945

  • The temperature on April 3, 1945 was between 5.9 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • February 9 » World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
    • February 24 » Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
    • March 16 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.
    • April 14 » Razing of Friesoythe: The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroyed the German town of Friesoythe on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.
    • August 6 » World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
    • October 15 » The former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, is executed for treason.


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