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Household of Douwe Jan Sikkema

He is married to Janke Elzinga.

They got married on May 10, 1941 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 2

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Jan Sikkema

Franciscus Jitzes Sikkema
1848-1916
Grietje Annes Annema
1838-1928
Folkert Lykeles Boonstra
1856-1942
Johanna Hibma
1859-1941
Jitze Sikkema
1881-1965

Douwe Jan Sikkema
1915-????

1941

Janke Elzinga
1911-????


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Sources

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  2. Huwelijksregister 1941, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday January 30, 1915

  • The temperature on January 30, 1915 was between -4.4 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
    • February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
    • March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
    • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
    • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
    • October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

Day of marriage May 10, 1941

  • The temperature on May 10, 1941 was between 2.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • January 22 » World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
    • May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
    • October 31 » World War II: The destroyer USSReuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
    • November 12 » World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12°C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
    • December 9 » World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
    • December 25 » Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.


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