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Personal data Wytske Meekma 


Household of Wytske Meekma

She is married to Willem Miedema.

They got married on October 18, 1900 at Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 22 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Jantje Miedema  1910-1981
  2. Marten Miedema  1915-1950

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wytske Meekma

Wytske Meekma
1878-1950

1900

Willem Miedema
1872-1945

Jantje Miedema
1910-1981
Marten Miedema
1915-1950

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1878, Ferwerderadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1950
  3. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/741442/meekma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1900, Ferwerderadeel

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Historical events

Birthday August 30, 1878

  • The temperature on August 30, 1878 was about 20.3 °C. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
    • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
    • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

Day of marriage October 18, 1900

  • The temperature on October 18, 1900 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
    • February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
    • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
    • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
    • June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
    • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

Day of death June 20, 1950

  • The temperature on June 20, 1950 was between 13.7 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • March 7 » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
    • May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
    • July 4 » Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
    • October 9 » The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
    • November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
    • November 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).


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