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Personal data Grietje de Vries 


Household of Grietje de Vries

(1) She is married to Harm Kroeske.

They got married on May 18, 1918 at Marum (Gr), she was 30 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)


(2) She is married to Henderik Meelker.

They got married on January 26, 1946 at Marum (Gr), she was 57 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje de Vries

Fokke Hendriks de Vries
1830-1917
Grietje Boerema
1828-1912
Hendrik van der Velde
1834-1884
Luiktje Oldenburger
1839-1927

Grietje de Vries
1888-1961

(1) 1918

Harm Kroeske
1884-1944

(Not public)
(2) 1946

Henderik Meelker
1885-????


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1888
  2. Overlijdensregister Marum 1961
  3. Huwelijksregister Marum 1918
  4. (Not public)

Historical events

Birthday March 11, 1888

  • The temperature on March 11, 1888 was about 7.4 °C. There was 15 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 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 year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
    • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
    • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
    • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
    • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
    • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.

Day of marriage January 26, 1946

  • The temperature on January 26, 1946 was between -6.0 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
    • January 24 » The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
    • February 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
    • March 9 » Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
    • June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
    • August 16 » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
    • September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.

Day of death September 18, 1961

  • The temperature on September 18, 1961 was between 15.1 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (78%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
    • March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
    • May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
    • June 4 » Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
    • July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
    • December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1885 » Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver and journalist († 1948)
  • 1887 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician († 1964)
  • 1887 » Raoul Walsh, American actor and director († 1980)
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Source: Wikipedia


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