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Personal data Durk Wiersma 


Household of Durk Wiersma

He is married to Jitske Rekker.

They got married on May 13, 1893 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Durk Wiersma

Johannes Sjoerds Wiersma
± 1808-1868
Pietje Jans Monsma
± 1807-1886
Freeuwkje Emkes Bijlstra
± 1798-1886

Durk Wiersma
1867-1953

1893

Jitske Rekker
1867-1945


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1867, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1953, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/544387/wiersma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1893, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday November 21, 1867

  • The temperature on November 21, 1867 was about 4.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
    • March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
    • May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
    • May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
    • July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
    • December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

Day of marriage May 13, 1893

  • The temperature on May 13, 1893 was about 16.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
    • August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
    • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
    • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
    • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
    • December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

Day of death September 29, 1953

  • The temperature on September 29, 1953 was between 6.1 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • January 13 » An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
    • January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
    • June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
    • July 26 » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
    • November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
    • December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.


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