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Personal data Grietje Douwsma 


Household of Grietje Douwsma

She is married to Hindrik Balkema.

They got married on May 23, 1889 at Leens (Gr), she was 20 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Pieterke Balkema  1899-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Douwsma

Fokke Douwes Douwsma
± 1787-1824
Evertje Jans Tinga
1793-1870
Sibrand Alberts Lanting
-1866
Elsina Kristina Smit
1806-1885

Grietje Douwsma
1869-1957

1889

Hindrik Balkema
1867-1946

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

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Sources

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  2. Overlijdensregister Winsum 1957
  3. Huwelijksregister Leens 1889

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Historical events

Birthday March 19, 1869

  • The temperature on March 19, 1869 was about 5.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
    • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
    • May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
    • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
    • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
    • November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

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.
    • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
    • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
    • April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
    • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
    • November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
    • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Day of death April 23, 1957

  • The temperature on April 23, 1957 was between 5.4 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
    • January 1 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
    • January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
    • March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
    • April 5 » In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.
    • July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
    • September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.


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