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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.
    • February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
    • May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
    • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
    • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
    • July 23 » The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
    • October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

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.
    • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
    • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
    • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
    • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
    • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
    • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.

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.
    • March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
    • July 6 » John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
    • 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.
    • October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
    • November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
    • December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.


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Source: Wikipedia

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