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Personal data Hindrik Balkema 


Household of Hindrik Balkema

He is married to Grietje Douwsma.

They got married on May 23, 1889 at Leens (Gr), he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Pieterke Balkema  1899-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hindrik Balkema

Burgert Gerrits Balkema
± 1790-1831
Hindrikje Jans
± 1790-1862
Hendrik Pieters Veldsema
± 1791-1832
Zwaantje Jans Vledder
± 1802-1847

Hindrik Balkema
1867-1946

1889

Grietje Douwsma
1869-1957

Pieterke Balkema
1899-????
Gaaije Balkema
1901-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Zuidhorn 1867
  2. Overlijdensregister Winsum 1946
  3. Huwelijksregister Leens 1889

Historical events

Birthday February 3, 1867

  • The temperature on February 3, 1867 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
    • January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
    • March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
    • April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
    • July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
    • November 3 » Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).

Day of marriage May 23, 1889

  • The temperature on May 23, 1889 was about 26.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 35%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
    • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
    • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
    • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
    • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
    • November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

Day of death November 7, 1946

  • The temperature on November 7, 1946 was between 0.3 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
    • February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
    • March 28 » Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
    • May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
    • August 3 » Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
    • October 16 » Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging.
    • November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1947 » K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)
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