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Personal data Geert Vossema 


Household of Geert Vossema

He is married to Hiltje Dijkstra.

They got married on February 12, 1916 at Marum (Gr), he was 53 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Vossema

Geert Douwes Vossema
± 1783-1826
Antje Derks Holman
± 1782-1863
Tieke Ebbels van der Velde
1798-1849
Douwe Vossema
1824-1871

Geert Vossema
1862-1949

1916

Hiltje Dijkstra
1879-1966


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Marum 1862
  2. Overlijdensregister Marum 1949
  3. Huwelijksregister Marum 1916

Historical events

Birthday March 23, 1862

  • The temperature on March 23, 1862 was about 2.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 15 » American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, Lloyd surrenders the following day.
    • February 16 » American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
    • April 20 » Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
    • June 5 » As the Treaty of Saigon is signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Trương Định decides to defy Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans.
    • June 9 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concludes his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world.
    • December 26 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.

Day of marriage February 12, 1916

  • The temperature on February 12, 1916 was between -1.6 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
    • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
    • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
    • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
    • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
    • December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

Day of death February 26, 1949

  • The temperature on February 26, 1949 was between 4.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
    • March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
    • April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
    • June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
    • August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
    • October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
    • December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.


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