Family tree Weening » Grietje Boorsma (1889-1989)

Personal data Grietje Boorsma 


Household of Grietje Boorsma

She is married to Harm Douma.

They got married on April 13, 1912 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Bjetje Douma  1912-
  2. Geertje Douma  1916-1998

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Boorsma

Paulus Hylkes Boorsma
1825-1919
Baukje Jacobs Postma
1839-1870
Jan Hendriks Westra
1840-1922
Grietje Wybes Postma
1840-1881
Hylke Boorsma
1863-1950
Bjetje Westra
1864-1933

Grietje Boorsma
1889-1989

1912

Harm Douma
1886-1969

Bjetje Douma
1912-????
Geertje Douma
1916-1998

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1889, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/196828/boorsma
  3. Huwelijksregister 1912, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday August 27, 1889

  • The temperature on August 27, 1889 was about 13.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
    • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
    • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
    • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
    • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
    • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Day of marriage April 13, 1912

  • The temperature on April 13, 1912 was between -2.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
    • February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
    • February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
    • May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
    • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.

Day of death March 1, 1989

  • The temperature on March 1, 1989 was between 4.2 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 17.4 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
    • February 1 » The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
    • February 19 » Flying Tiger Line flight 66 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
    • April 27 » The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
    • May 4 » Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.
    • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, that American flag-burning is a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.
    • August 19 » Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.


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Source: Wikipedia

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