Family tree Weening » Gerrit Dijkstra (1865-1944)

Personal data Gerrit Dijkstra 


Household of Gerrit Dijkstra

He is married to Klaaske Dijkstra.

They got married on May 31, 1888 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Selie Dijkstra  1894-1967

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Dijkstra

Uilke Douwes Dijkstra
1785-1848
Berber Harmens Rijpersma
1790-1864
Gerrit Andries Veendorp
± 1790-1847
Dieuwke Joukes
1798-1855

Gerrit Dijkstra
1865-1944

1888

Klaaske Dijkstra
1868-1930

Selie Dijkstra
1894-1967

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1865, Oostdongeradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1944, Oostdongeradeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1888, Oostdongeradeel

Historical events

Birthday September 27, 1865

  • The temperature on September 27, 1865 was about 22.5 °C. The air pressure was 5.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 35%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
    • April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
    • April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
    • June 19 » Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
    • August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
    • December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.

Day of marriage May 31, 1888

  • The temperature on May 31, 1888 was about 16.5 °C. The air pressure was 61 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
    • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
    • September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
    • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
    • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
    • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Day of death February 26, 1944

  • The temperature on February 26, 1944 was between -0.4 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
    • February 17 » World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.
    • April 16 » World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
    • June 13 » World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
    • June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
    • July 26 » World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
    • August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.


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Source: Wikipedia

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