Family tree Zwinderman » Foktje De Groot (1879-1953)
Personal data Foktje De Groot
- She was born on October 1, 1879 in Vlagtwedde.
- She died on September 4, 1953 in Vriescheloo, she was 73 years old.
- The birth parents are Harm De Groot and Geeske Fokken
Household of Foktje De Groot
She is married to Hindrik Derks.
They got married on November 11, 1899 at Bellingwolde, she was 20 years old.
Child(ren):
- Iektje Derks 1900-1934
- Jantina Gezina Derks 1903-
- Geeske Beka Derks 1906-1911
- Jantje Derks 1910-1947
- Evert Derks 1918-1918
- Jan Derks 1918-1918
- Evert Derks 1918-1918
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Historical events
Birthday October 1, 1879
- The temperature on October 1, 1879 was about 12.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
- February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
- May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
- May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
- May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
- October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
Day of marriage November 11, 1899
- The temperature on November 11, 1899 was about 7.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
- January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
- February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
- March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
- April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
- July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
Day of death September 4, 1953
- The temperature on September 4, 1953 was between 7.1 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 3 » Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
- January 13 » An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
- April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
- May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
- June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
- November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
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- 1887 » Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland († 1952)
- 1887 » Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general († 1945)
- 1890 » Stanley Holloway, English actor († 1982)
- 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
- 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
- 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
- 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
- 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
- 1974 » Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)
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