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Household of Wietske "Winnie" Fongers

She is married to Jan Tornga.

They got married on July 8, 1908 at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, she was 27 years old.Source 2

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wietske Fongers

Sytze Johannes Leegstra
1814-1863
Wytske Ruurds Bos
± 1811-????

Wietske Fongers
1880-1925

1908

Jan Tornga
1880-1979


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  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=tornga&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=35408679&df=all&
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Historical events

Birthday September 17, 1880

  • The temperature on September 17, 1880 was about 12.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
    • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
    • June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
    • June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
    • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
    • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.

Day of marriage July 8, 1908

  • The temperature on July 8, 1908 was between 11.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
    • April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
    • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
    • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
    • July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
    • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.

Day of death March 1, 1925

  • The temperature on March 1, 1925 was between 0.4 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
    • May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
    • June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
    • July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
    • July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
    • September 3 » USSShenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.


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