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Personal data Willem de Vries 


Household of Willem de Vries

He is married to Grietje Boonstra.

They got married on April 30, 1891 at Opsterland (Fr), he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jan de Vries  1893-1983

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem de Vries

Willem de Vries
1865-1957

1891

Grietje Boonstra
1869-1961

Jan de Vries
1893-1983

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1865, Opsterland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1957, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1891, Opsterland

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Historical events

Birthday July 29, 1865

  • The temperature on July 29, 1865 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
    • April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
    • May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
    • May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
    • December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
    • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Day of marriage April 30, 1891

  • The temperature on April 30, 1891 was about 15.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
    • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
    • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
    • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.

Day of death November 14, 1957

  • The temperature on November 14, 1957 was between 1.6 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
    • July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
    • August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
    • September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
    • November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
    • December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.


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