Family tree Weening » Ekke de Vries (1839-1920)

Personal data Ekke de Vries 

  • He was born on June 28, 1839 in Zuidwolde, gem. Bedum, Groningen, Nederland.Source 1
  • Profession: landbouwer.
  • He died on October 20, 1920 in Zuidwolde, gem. Bedum, Groningen, Nederland, he was 81 years old.Source 2
  • This information was last updated on July 1, 2025.

Household of Ekke de Vries

He is married to Willemtje Hoeksema.

They got married on May 23, 1872 at Adorp (Gr), he was 32 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Bedum 1938
  2. Overlijdensregister Bedum 1920
  3. Huwelijksregister Adorp 1872

Historical events

Birthday June 28, 1839

  • The temperature on June 28, 1839 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen onweer. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 20 » In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
    • June 3 » In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2million kilograms of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
    • June 17 » In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
    • August 19 » The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
    • November 4 » Newport Rising: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
    • November 27 » In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.

Day of death October 20, 1920

  • The temperature on October 20, 1920 was between -2.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
    • January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
    • August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
    • August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
    • November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
    • November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.


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