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Personal data Willem "William" Drenth 


Household of Willem "William" Drenth

He is married to Alice Venema.

They got married in the year 1912, he was 22 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Drenth

Jakob Hindriks Drenth
1829-1899
Foktje Gerrits Helmus
1829-1900
Geert Thomas van Dijk
1814-1884
Trijntje Jakobs Nieland
1812-1876
Gerrit Drenth
1854-1936

Willem Drenth
1889-1947

1912

Alice Venema
1890-1952


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Adorp 1889
  2. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/136043767/william_g-drenth

Historical events

Birthday November 28, 1889

  • The temperature on November 28, 1889 was about 2.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
    • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
    • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
    • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
    • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
    • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Day of death July 14, 1947

  • The temperature on July 14, 1947 was between 11.2 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
    • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
    • July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
    • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
    • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
    • November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.


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