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Personal data Jan Harkema 


Household of Jan Harkema

He is married to Martje Werkman.

They got married on March 16, 1911 at Leens (Gr), he was 32 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Lupke Harkema  1912-1976

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Harkema

Berend Haaijes Harkema
1785-????
Sijke Heertjes Popma
1788-1842
Jan Alberts Ploegh
1795-1868
Hendrina Bolt
1797-1875
Anna Ploegh
1837-1914

Jan Harkema
1878-1962

1911

Martje Werkman
1876-1942

Anna Lupke Harkema
1912-1976

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Leens 1878
  2. Overlijdensregister Leens 1962
  3. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/2011862/harkema
  4. Huwelijksregister Leens 1911

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Historical events

Birthday April 28, 1878

  • The temperature on April 28, 1878 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.

Day of marriage March 16, 1911

  • The temperature on March 16, 1911 was between -4.0 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
    • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
    • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
    • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
    • November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
    • December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

Day of death August 7, 1962

  • The temperature on August 7, 1962 was between 11.1 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400km).
    • August 6 » Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
    • September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
    • September 15 » The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
    • October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
    • October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1874 » Sidney Toler, American actor and director († 1947)
  • 1876 » Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman († 1938)
  • 1878 » Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director († 1954)
  • 1886 » Art Shaw, American hurdler († 1955)
  • 1886 » Erich Salomon, German-born news photographer († 1944)

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