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Personal data Fokke van der Leij 


Household of Fokke van der Leij

He is married to Jantje Schuring.

They got married on November 10, 1921 at Gasselte (Dr), he was 30 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Reid van der Leij  1922-2001
  2. (Not public)
  3. Jacob van der Leij  1928-2010
  4. Antje van der Leij  1932-2024

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1891, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/2014500/3220434/Fokke-van-der-Leij-1891-1975
  3. Huwelijksregister Gasselte, 1921

Historical events

Birthday January 16, 1891

  • The temperature on January 16, 1891 was about -6.2 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
    • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
    • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
    • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.

Day of marriage November 10, 1921

  • The temperature on November 10, 1921 was between -7.9 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
    • February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
    • March 20 » The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
    • July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
    • October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
    • November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.

Day of death March 22, 1975

  • The average temperature on March 22, 1975 was 3.4 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » Riots break in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.
    • April 29 » Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnamese-held Trường Sa Islands.
    • July 6 » The Comoros declares independence from France.
    • August 27 » The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
    • November 10 » The 729-foot-long freighter SSEdmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
    • December 6 » The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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