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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.
    • April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
    • May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
    • May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
    • July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
    • December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
    • December 10 » Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.

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.
    • April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
    • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
    • April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
    • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
    • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
    • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

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.
    • February 28 » A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
    • May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
    • June 1 » Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
    • July 1 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
    • July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
    • December 5 » Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.


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