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Personal data Roelf Folkerts 


Household of Roelf Folkerts

(1) He is married to Geertien Wubs.

They got married on April 14, 1894 at Onstwedde, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Hillechien Folkerts  1895-????
  2. Aaltje Folkerts  1896-1908
  3. Roelfina Folkerts  1900-1925


(2) He is married to Jantje Wever.

They got married on April 22, 1920 at Onstwedde, he was 53 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roelf Folkerts

Meeme Folkers
± 1771-1830
Alke Huiting
± 1780-1861
Steffen Bakker
Roelfien Huiting
Elze Folkers
1822-1911
Aaltje Bakker
1828-1869

Roelf Folkerts
1867-1942

(1) 1894

Geertien Wubs
1866-1905

Hillechien Folkerts
1895-????
Aaltje Folkerts
1896-1908
Roelfina Folkerts
1900-1925
(2) 1920

Jantje Wever
1869-1949


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Birthday January 1, 1867

  • The temperature on January 1, 1867 was about 0.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
    • March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
    • August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
    • September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
    • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
    • November 3 » Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).

Day of marriage April 22, 1920

  • The temperature on April 22, 1920 was between 0.1 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
    • August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
    • August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
    • September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
    • September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
    • November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France

Day of death April 17, 1942

  • The temperature on April 17, 1942 was between 6.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 16 » Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
    • March 12 » The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
    • April 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
    • May 12 » World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarineU-507.
    • July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
    • November 12 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.


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