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Personal data Willem Jan Smit 


Household of Willem Jan Smit

(1) He is married to Liefke Henderika van Maar.

They got married on June 24, 1908 at Bedum (Gr), he was 27 years old.Source 3


(2) He is married to Annegiena Groen.

They got married on May 15, 1924 at Groningen (Gr), he was 43 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Jan Smit

Jan Smit
1838-1918

Willem Jan Smit
1881-1955

(1) 1908

Liefke Henderika van Maar
1885-1916

(2) 1924

Annegiena Groen
± 1884-1933


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Groningen 1881
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1955
  3. Huwelijksregister Bedum 1908
  4. Huwelijksregister Groningen 1924

Historical events

Birthday April 10, 1881

  • The temperature on April 10, 1881 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
    • April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
    • April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
    • April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
    • June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
    • July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.

Day of marriage May 15, 1924

  • The temperature on May 15, 1924 was between 12.2 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
    • June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
    • September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
    • October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
    • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
    • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.

Day of death January 24, 1955

  • The temperature on January 24, 1955 was between -4.2 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
    • May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
    • July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
    • August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
    • September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
    • December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.


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