Family tree Weening » Fokke van der Leij (1891-1975)

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.
    • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
    • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
    • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
    • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

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.
    • May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
    • May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
    • July 10 » Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
    • August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
    • October 18 » The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
    • October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.

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.
    • January 15 » The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
    • March 6 » For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
    • March 22 » A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
    • July 12 » São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
    • July 17 » Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
    • September 30 » The AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. Eight years later, the first production model rolled out of the assembly line.


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Source: Wikipedia

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