Family tree Weening » Durk de Vries (1868-1941)

Personal data Durk de Vries 


Household of Durk de Vries

He is married to Orseltje Hoekstra.

They got married on May 18, 1901 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 33 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Baukje de Vries  1903-1979 
  2. Richtje de Vries  1908-1969

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Durk de Vries

Dirk Ruurds de Vries
1787-1856
Grietje Fokkes Zijlstra
1786-1856
Roelfke Jans Bijlsma
± 1811-1845
Fokje Bijlsma
1839-1903

Durk de Vries
1868-1941

1901

Orseltje Hoekstra
1874-1948

Baukje de Vries
1903-1979
Richtje de Vries
1908-1969

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1868, Oostdongeradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1941, Oostdongeradeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1901, Oostdongeradeel

Historical events

Birthday May 6, 1868

  • The temperature on May 6, 1868 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 29 » Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
    • July 25 » The Wyoming Territory is established.
    • July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
    • August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
    • September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
    • November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.

Day of marriage May 18, 1901

  • The temperature on May 18, 1901 was between 2.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
    • January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
    • February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
    • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
    • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
    • December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

Day of death June 30, 1941

  • The temperature on June 30, 1941 was between 11.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
    • March 11 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
    • May 27 » World War II: The German battleshipBismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
    • August 14 » World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
    • September 28 » Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
    • October 29 » The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
    • October 31 » After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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