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Personal data Hendrik Scheffer 


Household of Hendrik Scheffer

He is married to Foktje Postmus.

They got married on May 16, 1908 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 33 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hendrik Scheffer

Theunis Hendriks Scheffer
1815-1884
Grietje Klazes Hemmes
1813-1873

Hendrik Scheffer
1874-1939

1908

Foktje Postmus
1884-1955


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1874
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1939
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/2028676/scheffer
  4. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1908

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Historical events

Birthday July 7, 1874

  • The temperature on July 7, 1874 was about 24.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%. 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 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).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
    • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
    • May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
    • July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
    • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
    • November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

Day of marriage May 16, 1908

  • The temperature on May 16, 1908 was between 9.2 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
    • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
    • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
    • June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
    • November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
    • December 28 » The 7.1 Mw  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

Day of death February 28, 1939

  • The temperature on February 28, 1939 was between -0.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • March 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
    • April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
    • April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
    • May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
    • July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
    • September 6 » World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.


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