Family tree Weening » Grietje Eelkema (1877-1958)

Personal data Grietje Eelkema 


Household of Grietje Eelkema

She is married to Roelof Westra.

They got married on May 29, 1902 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Andries Westra  1903-1963

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Eelkema

Pieter Cornelis Eelkema
1790-1847
Jiskjen Louws Vellinga
1796-????
Opt Jans Wilman
1801-1865
Aaltje Jans Buwalda
1809-1865

Grietje Eelkema
1877-1958

1902

Roelof Westra
1877-1955

Andries Westra
1903-1963

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1877, Oostdongeradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1958, Oostdongeradeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1902, Oostdongeradeel

Historical events

Birthday November 24, 1877

  • The temperature on November 24, 1877 was about 3.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • 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 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
    • May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
    • June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
    • July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
    • September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
    • November 29 » Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.

Day of marriage May 29, 1902

  • The temperature on May 29, 1902 was between 10.1 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (31%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
    • February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
    • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
    • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
    • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
    • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Day of death July 19, 1958

  • The temperature on July 19, 1958 was between 11.9 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
    • April 4 » The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
    • April 14 » The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
    • May 30 » Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
    • August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
    • November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
    • December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.


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