Family tree Weening » Pier Reitsma (1882-1957)

Personal data Pier Reitsma 


Household of Pier Reitsma

He is married to Trientje van der Velde.

They got married on April 25, 1914 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 32 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. IJtje Reitsma  1915-
  2. Klaas Reitsma  1915-1957

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Pier Reitsma

Pier Reitsma
1882-1957

1914

Trientje van der Velde
1872-1952

IJtje Reitsma
1915-????
Klaas Reitsma
1915-1957

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1882, Leeuwarderadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1957
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/111859/reitsma
  4. (Not public)

Historical events

Birthday March 6, 1882

  • The temperature on March 6, 1882 was about 8.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
    • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
    • April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
    • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
    • June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
    • September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.

Day of marriage April 25, 1914

  • The temperature on April 25, 1914 was between 4.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
    • August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
    • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
    • September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
    • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
    • December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

Day of death December 21, 1957

  • The temperature on December 21, 1957 was between 6.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
    • April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
    • June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
    • August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
    • October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
    • December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1957 » Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886)
  • 1958 » H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)
  • 1958 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)
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