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Personal data Willem Bekkema 


Household of Willem Bekkema

He is married to Geertje van der Werf.

They got married on February 10, 1938 at Opsterland (Fr), he was 22 years old.Source 2

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Bekkema

Ritske Bekkema
1863-1937
Wilhelmina Kremer
1861-1928

Willem Bekkema
1915-2007

1938

Geertje van der Werf
1917-2010


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Sources

  1. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/1650418/bekkema
  2. Huwelijksregister 1938, Opsterland

Historical events

Birthday September 13, 1915

  • The temperature on September 13, 1915 was between 7.5 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
    • March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
    • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
    • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
    • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
    • September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

Day of marriage February 10, 1938

  • The temperature on February 10, 1938 was between 3.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
    • May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
    • September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
    • September 21 » The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people.
    • October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
    • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

Day of death May 2, 2007

  • The temperature on May 2, 2007 was between 6.9 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
    • March 14 » The Nandigram violence in Nandigram, West Bengal results in the deaths of at least 14 people.
    • April 18 » A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
    • June 27 » The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
    • August 8 » An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
    • September 4 » Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
    • September 6 » Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1912 » Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician († 1995)
  • 1912 » Reta Shaw, American actress († 1982)
  • 1914 » Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist († 1994)
  • 1916 » Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter († 1990)
  • 1917 » Carol Kendall, American historian and author († 2012)
  • 1917 » Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator († 2013)

Source: Wikipedia


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