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Personal data Dirk Piers 


Household of Dirk Piers

He is married to Geertje Huizinga.

They got married on May 20, 1905 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 33 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Frietes Piers  1906-1993
  2. Aukje Piers  1909-2003 
  3. Jelle Piers  1914-1915

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirk Piers

Willem Lieuwes Piers
1791-1857
Korneliske Jans Westra
1795-1871
Dirk Jans Hamming
± 1812-1849
Menstje Boukes Kooij
1812-1875
Frietes Piers
1831-1893

Dirk Piers
1872-1950

1905

Geertje Huizinga
1873-1947

Frietes Piers
1906-1993
Aukje Piers
1909-2003
Jelle Piers
1914-1915

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1872
  2. Overlijdensregister 1950, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1905

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Historical events

Birthday April 3, 1872

  • The temperature on April 3, 1872 was about 11.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
    • March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
    • March 22 » Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
    • May 10 » Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
    • May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
    • November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.

Day of marriage May 20, 1905

  • The temperature on May 20, 1905 was between 8.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
    • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
    • October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
    • November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
    • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

Day of death March 24, 1950

  • The temperature on March 24, 1950 was between 6.8 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • January 6 » The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
    • March 17 » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
    • May 9 » Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
    • May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    • June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
    • August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.


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