Family tree Weening » Margaret Vander Ark (1890-1949)

Personal data Margaret Vander Ark 

  • She was born on December 15, 1890 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
  • She died on September 9, 1949 in Ellsworth, Antrim County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, she was 58 years old.Source 1
  • This information was last updated on June 3, 2025.

Household of Margaret Vander Ark

She is married to Jan Drenth.

They got married in the year 1910, she was 19 years old.

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Sources

  1. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/15764321/margaret-drenth

Historical events

Birthday December 15, 1890

  • The temperature on December 15, 1890 was about -11.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
    • July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
    • August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
    • November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
    • December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
    • December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.

Day of death September 9, 1949

  • The temperature on September 9, 1949 was between 10.5 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
    • March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
    • May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
    • June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
    • July 1 » The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.
    • December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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About the surname Vander Ark


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