Family tree Weening » Orpha Newman (1880-1959)

Personal data Orpha Newman 

  • She was born in the year 1880 in Kentucky, Verenigde Staten.
  • She died on December 8, 1959 in Kentwood, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, she was 79 years old.Source 1
  • This information was last updated on September 18, 2025.

Household of Orpha Newman

She is married to Menne van Dijk.

They got married in the year 1937, she was 57 years old.

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Sources

  1. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/125538062/orpha-van_dyke

Historical events

Day of death December 8, 1959

  • The temperature on December 8, 1959 was between 1.0 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
    • May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
    • June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
    • August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
    • November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
    • December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.


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