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Personal data Grietje Zwama 


Household of Grietje Zwama

She is married to Louwe Fokkinga.

They got married on May 11, 1944 at Hoogkerk (Gr), she was 23 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Zwama

Tjeerd Zwama
1867-1957
Jeltje van der Kloet
1869-1935
Pieter Roeters
1863-1946
Grietje Postma
1863-1944
Pieter Zwama
1894-1972

Grietje Zwama
1920-2001

1944

Louwe Fokkinga
1916-1987


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Sources

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  2. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/1998416/zwama
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Historical events

Birthday October 16, 1920

  • The temperature on October 16, 1920 was between 8.6 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
    • March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
    • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
    • August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
    • August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
    • December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

Day of marriage May 11, 1944

  • The temperature on May 11, 1944 was between 1.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • June 25 » World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
    • August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
    • August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
    • September 17 » World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
    • September 17 » World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units.
    • November 18 » The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.

Day of death December 24, 2001

  • The temperature on December 24, 2001 was between -0.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 9.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
    • February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
    • February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
    • September 20 » In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
    • October 15 » NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
    • November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1918 » Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic († 2013)
  • 1918 » Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic († 1990)
  • 1919 » Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author († 2003)
  • 1921 » MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder († 2010)
  • 1921 » Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach († 2013)
  • 1921 » Sita Ram Goel, Indian historian, publisher and writer († 2003)

Source: Wikipedia


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