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Personal data Geertje Bits 


Household of Geertje Bits

She is married to Pieter van der Werff.

They got married on March 4, 1897 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 32 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Sake van der Werff  1900-1972

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertje Bits

Geertje Bits
1864-1947

1897

Pieter van der Werff
1873-1918

Sake van der Werff
1900-1972

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1864, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1947, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1897, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday March 17, 1864

  • The temperature on March 17, 1864 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 17 » American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
    • May 15 » American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
    • May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
    • May 26 » Montana is organized as a United States territory.
    • August 10 » After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
    • December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

Day of marriage March 4, 1897

  • The temperature on March 4, 1897 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
    • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
    • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
    • September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
    • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
    • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

Day of death June 7, 1947

  • The temperature on June 7, 1947 was between 11.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
    • February 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
    • July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
    • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
    • November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
    • November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.


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