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Personal data Douwe Eskens 


Household of Douwe Eskens

He is married to Marie Arends.

They got married on September 19, 1903 at Noorddijk (Gr), he was 21 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Eskens

Roelof Lodewijks Eskens
1798-1881
Geertje Sakes Rijpma
1801-1866
Douwe Klazes Zijlstra
± 1803-1851
Klaaske Hoekstra
1808-1872

Douwe Eskens
1881-1957

1903

Marie Arends
1878-1964


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1881, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1957
  3. Huwelijksregister Noorddijk 1903

Historical events

Birthday October 21, 1881

  • The temperature on October 21, 1881 was about 6.5 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
    • April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
    • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
    • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
    • August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
    • September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.

Day of marriage September 19, 1903

  • The temperature on September 19, 1903 was between 10.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (26%). 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 year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
    • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
    • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
    • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
    • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
    • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Day of death June 25, 1957

  • The temperature on June 25, 1957 was between 6.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
    • July 11 » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
    • September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
    • October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
    • October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
    • October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.


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