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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 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.
    • May 12 » In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
    • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
    • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
    • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

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 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
    • March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
    • March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
    • April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
    • October 1 » Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
    • December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.

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.
    • April 12 » Cold War: Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.
    • April 16 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
    • May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
    • June 16 » While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
    • August 13 » Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started.
    • September 18 » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1884 » Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer († 1974)
  • 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)
  • 1890 » Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic († 1974)

Source: Wikipedia


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