Family tree Weening » Willem Boersma (1865-1945)

Personal data Willem Boersma 


Household of Willem Boersma

He is married to Johanna Hoekstra.

They got married on May 24, 1890 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Antje Boersma  1891-1985 
  2. Lubbert Boersma  1893-1975 
  3. Wietze Boersma  1896-1959
  4. Johannes Boersma  1902-1991
  5. Alle Boersma  1906-1973 
  6. Tjertje Boersma  1909-1909

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Willem Boersma?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!


Timeline Willem Boersma

  This functionality is only available in Javascript supporting browsers.
Click on the names for more info. Symbols used: grootouders grandparents   ouders parents   broers-zussen brothers/sisters   kinderen children

Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Boersma


With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).

Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1865, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1945, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/178771/boersma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1890, Tietjerksteradeel

Historical events

Birthday June 28, 1865

  • The temperature on June 28, 1865 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. 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 year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
    • March 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
    • May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
    • July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
    • November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
    • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Day of marriage May 24, 1890

  • The temperature on May 24, 1890 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
    • April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
    • July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
    • October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
    • November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
    • December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

Day of death September 8, 1945

  • The temperature on September 8, 1945 was between 8.0 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • March 27 » World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
    • July 30 » World War II: Japanese submarineI-58 sinks the USSIndianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
    • August 6 » World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
    • September 8 » The division of Korea begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
    • September 12 » The People's Republic of Korea is proclaimed, bringing an end to Japanese rule over Korea.
    • October 18 » Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Boersma

  • View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Boersma.
  • Check the information Open Archives has about Boersma.
  • Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Boersma.

The Family tree Weening publication was prepared by .contact the author
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Hans Weening, "Family tree Weening", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-weening/I51035.php : accessed December 28, 2025), "Willem Boersma (1865-1945)".