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Personal data Yttje Eelkes Holwerda 


Household of Yttje Eelkes Holwerda

She is married to Wierd Willems Wiersma.

They got married on May 11, 1871 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 20 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Douwe Wiersma  1879-1962 
  2. Riemke Wiersma  1886-1957 
  3. Pier Wiersma  1889-1974 
  4. Antje Wiersma  1892-1979

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Yttje Eelkes Holwerda

Yttje Eelkes Holwerda
1851-1915

1871

Wierd Willems Wiersma
1846-1925

Douwe Wiersma
1879-1962
Riemke Wiersma
1886-1957
Pier Wiersma
1889-1974
Antje Wiersma
1892-1979

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1851, Oostdongeradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1915, Dokkum
  3. Huwelijksregister 1871, Oostdongeradeel

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Historical events

Birthday February 20, 1851

  • The temperature on February 20, 1851 was about 6.6 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
    • May 1 » Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.
    • August 12 » Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
    • November 13 » The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.
    • December 2 » French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
    • December 24 » The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.

Day of marriage May 11, 1871

  • The temperature on May 11, 1871 was about 12.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
    • June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
    • September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
    • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
    • November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
    • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

Day of death July 26, 1915

  • The temperature on July 26, 1915 was between 7.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
    • February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
    • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
    • 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.


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Source: Wikipedia

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