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Personal data Willem Bekkema 


Household of Willem Bekkema

(1) He is married to Eelkje van der Meer.

They got married on February 23, 1901 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Geeske Bekkema  1902-1982

The couple were divorced from May 14, 1903 at Leeuwarden (Fr).Source 4


(2) He is married to Martsen Gjaltema.

They got married on January 14, 1927 at Drachten, gem. Smallingerland (Fr), he was 48 years old.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. Jelle Bekkema  1904-1997
  2. Jan Bekkema  1905-2001
  3. Johan Bekkema  1908-1990
  4. Trijntje Bekkema  1909-1996
  6. Aafke Bekkema  1915-
  7. (Not public)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Bekkema

Andries Jacobs Bekkema
1819-1884
Aaltje Wytzes Holwerda
1820-1883
Willem Jans Koorda
1810-1895
Aaltje Eelkes Spaanstra
1818-1857

Willem Bekkema
1878-1976

(1) 1901

Eelkje van der Meer
1883-1962

Geeske Bekkema
1902-1982
(2) 1927

Martsen Gjaltema
1883-1949

Jelle Bekkema
1904-1997
Jan Bekkema
1905-2001
Johan Bekkema
1908-1990
Trijntje Bekkema
1909-1996
Hendrik Bekkema
1912-????
Aafke Bekkema
1915-????
(Not public)

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1878, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/6549/bekkema
  3. Huwelijksregister 1901, Smallingerland
  4. Huwelijksregister 1903, Achtkarspelen
  5. Huwelijksregister 1927, Smallingerland

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Historical events

Birthday October 16, 1878

  • The temperature on October 16, 1878 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
    • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

Day of marriage January 14, 1927

  • The temperature on January 14, 1927 was between 1.5 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
    • May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
    • May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
    • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
    • December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
    • December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

Day of death June 24, 1976

  • The temperature on June 24, 1976 was between 17.4 °C and 32.0 °C and averaged 24.7 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
    • January 2 » The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
    • January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
    • April 11 » The Apple I is created.
    • July 21 » Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
    • September 19 » Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object, when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
    • November 23 » Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.


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