Family tree Weening » Grietje Zijlstra (1878-1961)

Personal data Grietje Zijlstra 


Household of Grietje Zijlstra

She is married to Klaas Schaap.

They got married on May 10, 1900 at Grijpskerk (Gr), she was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Louwe Schaap  1903-1978

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Zijlstra

Harm Eeuwes Zijlstra
1801-1869
Sijtske Siedses Sennema
1792-1876
Berend Euke Moltmaker
± 1799-1883
Gaatske Jans Riddersma
1798-1880

Grietje Zijlstra
1878-1961

1900

Klaas Schaap
1869-1936

Louwe Schaap
1903-1978

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grijpskerk 1878
  2. Overlijdensregister Slochteren 1961
  3. Huwelijksregister Grijpskerk 1900

Historical events

Birthday August 5, 1878

  • The temperature on August 5, 1878 was about 18.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
    • June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Day of marriage May 10, 1900

  • The temperature on May 10, 1900 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
    • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
    • May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
    • May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
    • July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
    • November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

Day of death May 5, 1961

  • The temperature on May 5, 1961 was between 11.8 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
    • August 25 » President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
    • September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
    • September 18 » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    • September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
    • December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.


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