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Personal data Wessel Witteveen 


Household of Wessel Witteveen

(1) He is married to Lamke Poelman.

They got married on March 10, 1887 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 20 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Bouke Witteveen  1888-1972 
  2. Sieuwke Witteveen  1893-????


(2) He is married to Geeske Terpstra.

They got married on January 18, 1896 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 29 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wessel Witteveen

Heerke Tjerks Witteveen
1801-1890
Geertje Jans Oldenburger
1808-1899
Wessel Jans Poelma
± 1783-1850
Jinke Germs Wouda
± 1792-1876

Wessel Witteveen
1866-1954

(1) 1887

Lamke Poelman
1868-1895

Bouke Witteveen
1888-1972
Sieuwke Witteveen
1893-????
(2) 1896

Geeske Terpstra
1863-1948


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Marum 1866
  2. Overlijdensregister Emmen, 1954
  3. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1887
  4. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1896

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Historical events

Birthday April 22, 1866

  • The temperature on April 22, 1866 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 12 » The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
    • January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
    • April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
    • June 7 » One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.
    • June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
    • August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.

Day of marriage January 18, 1896

  • The temperature on January 18, 1896 was about 5.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
    • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
    • June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
    • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
    • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
    • December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

Day of death April 23, 1954

  • The temperature on April 23, 1954 was between 3.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
    • March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
    • September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
    • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
    • September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
    • November 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.


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