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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).
    • February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
    • March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
    • May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
    • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
    • November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.

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.
    • January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
    • May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
    • June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
    • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
    • November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
    • December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

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 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
    • May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
    • 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.
    • September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
    • October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.


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