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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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
    • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
    • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
    • July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
    • September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
    • December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

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.
    • January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
    • April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
    • June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
    • July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
    • November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

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.
    • January 4 » The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
    • January 15 » Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi intelligence chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq.
    • February 23 » A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
    • October 22 » A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one die in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.
    • November 5 » Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.
    • November 9 » The German Bundestag passes the controversial data retention bill mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause.


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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