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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wimke Broersma

Alle Aukes Broersma
1822-1874
Wytske Jans Dijkstra
1825-1876
Eeuwe Jelkes Nijboer
1801-1866
Wimke Hofstee
1818-1896

Wimke Broersma
1881-1944


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1881
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1944
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/1995240/broersma

Historical events

Birthday February 21, 1881

  • The temperature on February 21, 1881 was about 1.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
    • May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
    • July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
    • July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
    • August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
    • November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
    • November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.

Day of death October 30, 1944

  • The temperature on October 30, 1944 was between 0.6 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 4 » World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
    • March 24 » World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
    • August 5 » World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
    • August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
    • August 23 » World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allies.
    • September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.


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