Family tree Weening » Fokke de Vries (1903-1996)

Personal data Fokke de Vries 

  • He was born on August 24, 1903 in Zevenhuizen, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland.Source 1
  • Profession: arbeider.
  • He died in the year 1996 in -, he was 92 years old.
  • He is buried in Wabash, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
  • A child of Onne de Vries and Aaltje Houtman
  • This information was last updated on November 26, 2025.

Household of Fokke de Vries

He is married to Gebke Brink.

They got married on August 22, 1924 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 20 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Fokke de Vries

Harke Houtman
1848-1923
Aaltje Kamminga
1853-1915
Onne de Vries
1876-1944

Fokke de Vries
1903-1996

1924

Gebke Brink
1899-1978

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Leek 1903
  2. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1924

Historical events

Birthday August 24, 1903

  • The temperature on August 24, 1903 was between 10.2 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
    • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
    • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
    • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
    • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
    • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Day of marriage August 22, 1924

  • The temperature on August 22, 1924 was between 9.0 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
    • February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
    • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
    • February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
    • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
    • December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.


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