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Personal data Gerrit "Gerrit" Wit 


Household of Gerrit "Gerrit" Wit

He is married to Jacoba Polsma.

They got married on March 30, 1923 at Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Abraham Wit  1924-1999
  2. Cornelis Wit  1925-2010 
  3. Annie Wit  1927-2005
  4. (Not public)
  5. Johan Wit  1931-2001 
  6. (Not public)
  7. (Not public)
  8. Jacob Wit  1936-2021 
  9. (Not public)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Wit

Cornelis Wit
1832-1908
Elisabeth Geertruida van Wachendorf-van Rijn
1836-1888
Abraham Wit
1869-1949
Aafje Beek
1872-1943

Gerrit Wit
1897-1975

1923

Jacoba Polsma
1900-1981

Abraham Wit
1924-1999
Cornelis Wit
1925-2010
Annie Wit
1927-2005
Johan Wit
1931-2001
Jacob Wit
1936-2021

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    Historical events

    Birthday July 29, 1897

    • The temperature on July 29, 1897 was about 20.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
      • May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
      • June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
      • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
      • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
      • September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.

    Day of marriage March 30, 1923

    • The temperature on March 30, 1923 was between 3.2 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
      • January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
      • July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
      • August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
      • August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
      • September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
      • November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

    Day of death April 24, 1975

    • The temperature on April 24, 1975 was between 5.5 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
      • February 5 » Riots break in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.
      • February 9 » The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
      • April 9 » The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
      • May 27 » Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
      • July 12 » São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
      • August 15 » Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
    

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    • 1974 » Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (b. 1895)
    • 1975 » Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
    • 1976 » Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (b. 1890)
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