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Personal data Folkert Viersen 


Household of Folkert Viersen

He is married to Maria Wilhelmina Dijkstra.

They got married on July 29, 1905 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Aafke Viersen  1907-2003
  2. Johanna Viersen  1908-1992
  3. Miente Viersen  1910-1944
  4. Machiel Viersen  1915-1922
  5. Romke Viersen  1921-1984

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1883, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister Eelde, 1962
  3. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1905

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Historical events

Birthday September 18, 1883

  • The temperature on September 18, 1883 was about 18.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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.
    • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
    • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
    • 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.
    • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
    • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.

Day of marriage July 29, 1905

  • The temperature on July 29, 1905 was between 10.5 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
    • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
    • August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
    • September 8 » The 7.2 Mw  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.

Day of death November 2, 1962

  • The temperature on November 2, 1962 was between 2.5 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
    • January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
    • August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
    • September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
    • September 25 » The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
    • September 30 » James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.
    • November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.


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