Family tree Wester-Elzinga-de Brouwer-Duin » Fokje Wiersma (1879-1953)
Personal data Fokje Wiersma
Source 1- Alternative name: Elzinga (married name, assumed as part of marriage)
- She was born on July 2, 1879 in Abbega, Wymbritseradeel, FR, NL.
RIN: MH:IF3 - She died on April 30, 1953 in Bolsward, Sâªdwest Fryslâ¢n, FR, NL, she was 73 years old.
RIN: MH:IF4 - A child of Rienk Wiersma and Tjitske Abma
- This information was last updated on March 31, 2024.
Household of Fokje Wiersma
She is married to Jelle Mattheus Elzinga.
Referentienummer: MH:F1
They got married on April 20, 1905 at Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 25 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Wybe Elzinga -1909
- Tjitske Elzinga 1905-1985
- Mattheus Elzinga 1907-2004
- Rienk Elzinga 1907-1941
- Taede Elzinga 1910-1926
- Jelle Johannes Elzinga 1911-2002
- Johannes Elzinga 1913-1984
- Pieter Elzinga 1914-1914
- Pieter Elzinga 1918-1988
- Pietje Elzinga 1920-2010
- Minke Elzinga 1921-2014
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Historical events
Birthday July 2, 1879
- The temperature on July 2, 1879 was about 16.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1879: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
- January 13 » In Mozart Gardens Brooklyn Ada Anderson completed a great feat of pedestrianism - 2700 quarter miles in 2700 quarter hours, earning her $8000.
- January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
- October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
- October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
- October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13⁄2 hours before burning out).
Day of marriage April 20, 1905
- The temperature on April 20, 1905 was between 0.9 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
- February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
- April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
- May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
- December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
Day of death April 30, 1953
- The temperature on April 30, 1953 was between 5.2 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
- January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
- April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
- May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
- June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
- June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
- December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
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