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Personal data Grietje Sikkens 


Household of Grietje Sikkens

She is married to Klaas Leegstra.

They got married on June 4, 1910 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 36 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Sikkens

Hendrik Abeles Sikkens
1802-1879
Ebeltje Sytzes Fokkinga
1816-1891

Grietje Sikkens
1874-1953

1910

Klaas Leegstra
1879-1968


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1874, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1953
  3. Huwelijksregister 1910, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday January 31, 1874

  • The temperature on January 31, 1874 was about 6.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
    • March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
    • May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
    • May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
    • July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
    • July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.

Day of marriage June 4, 1910

  • The temperature on June 4, 1910 was between 10.2 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
    • August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
    • September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
    • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
    • October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
    • October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.

Day of death July 1, 1953

  • The temperature on July 1, 1953 was between 16.4 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
    • August 12 » The 7.2 Ms  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
    • August 12 » The first testing of a real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.
    • November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
    • December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
    • December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.


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