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Household of Gerben Wijma

He is married to Jeltje Dam.

They got married on May 17, 1924 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 41 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerben Wijma

Sape Jans Wijma
1813-1878
Froukjen Louws Meter
1819-1862
Gerben Jans Reiding
1824-1896
Grietje Rinzes van der Meer
1823-1907

Gerben Wijma
1883-1962

1924

Jeltje Dam
1884-1946


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1883, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1962, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1924, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday March 27, 1883

  • The temperature on March 27, 1883 was about 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
    • March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
    • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
    • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
    • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
    • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

Day of marriage May 17, 1924

  • The temperature on May 17, 1924 was between 3.9 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
    • April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
    • May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
    • May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
    • July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
    • December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.

Day of death September 29, 1962

  • The temperature on September 29, 1962 was between 8.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
    • July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
    • July 11 » Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
    • August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
    • August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
    • September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.


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