Family tree Weening » Geertje van der Velde (1871-1942)
Personal data Geertje van der Velde
- She was born on January 8, 1871 in Lucaswolde, gem. Marum (Gr).Source 1
- She died on April 6, 1942 in Grootegast (Gr), she was 71 years old.Source 2
- She is buried in Grootegast (Gr).Source 3
- A child of Hendrik van der Velde and Clasina Tonnema
- This information was last updated on February 20, 2023.
Household of Geertje van der Velde
(1) She is married to Doekel Dijkstra.
They got married on May 27, 1893 at Marum (Gr), she was 22 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Hendrik Dijkstra 1896-1897
- Hendrikje Dijkstra 1900-1966
(2) She is married to Anne Pera.
They got married on April 8, 1904 at Grootegast (Gr), she was 33 years old.Source 5
Child(ren):
- Clasina Pera 1905-1905
- Willemina Pera 1905-1991
- Clasina Pera 1907-1985
- Ebeltje Pera 1910-1910
- Ebeltje Pera 1911-1914
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Sources
Geboorteregister Marum 1871
Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1942
http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/30704/velde_van_der
Huwelijksregister Marum 1893
Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1904
Historical events
Birthday January 8, 1871
- The temperature on January 8, 1871 was about 1.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
- March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
- June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
- July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
- July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
- September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
Day of marriage April 8, 1904
- The temperature on April 8, 1904 was between 4.4 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
- January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
- April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
- May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
- October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
- November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
- December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
Day of death April 6, 1942
- The temperature on April 6, 1942 was between 6.5 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
- January 11 » World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
- February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
- May 7 » World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
- September 26 » Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
- October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
- November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
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