Family tree Weening » Meindert Wiersma (1885-1960)

Personal data Meindert Wiersma 


Household of Meindert Wiersma

He is married to Jelske Visser.

They got married on May 9, 1916 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 31 years old.Source 3


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Meindert Wiersma

Meindert Sjoerds Wiersma
1835-1921
Wytske Tammes de Boer
1830-1919
Doede Doekes Raap
1829-1909
Jitske Alberts de Vries
1834-1910
Ytje Raap
1860-1949

Meindert Wiersma
1885-1960

1916

Jelske Visser
1893-1967

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1885, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/544384/wiersma
  3. Huwelijksregister 1916, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday May 3, 1885

  • The temperature on May 3, 1885 was about 11.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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.
    • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
    • March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
    • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
    • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
    • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
    • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.

Day of marriage May 9, 1916

  • The temperature on May 9, 1916 was between 6.0 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
    • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
    • March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
    • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
    • August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
    • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.

Day of death January 8, 1960

  • The temperature on January 8, 1960 was between -1.3 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
  • 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • February 13 » Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
    • April 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
    • May 7 » Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
    • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
    • July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    • November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.


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