Family tree Klavers » Geertje Brinks (1894-1944)
Personal data Geertje Brinks
- She was born on June 13, 1894 in Westenesch, Emmen.Source 1
- Fact: (vermelding) Bloedverwantschap met Jordi en Quinten Klavers in %: 0,7891.
- She died on October 16, 1944 in Emmen, Drenthe, she was 50 years old.Source 2
- A child of Jan Brinks and Margien Schuttrups
- This information was last updated on November 22, 2025.
Household of Geertje Brinks
She is married to Willem Koopman.
They got married on May 20, 1915 at Emmen, Drenthe, she was 20 years old.Source 3
Zij verhuizen 30-4-1919 van Sleen naar Den-Oever, Emmen; dan naar Angelslo.
Child(ren):
- Johannes Koopman 1916-1940
- Berend Koopman 1919-< 2018
- Willem Koopman 1921-< 2020
- Carolina Koopman 1924-< 2023
- Jantienus Koopman 1925-< 2024
- Geertje Koopman 1926-< 2024
- Albert Koopman 1928-< 2024
- (Not public)
- (Not public)
Notes about Geertje Brinks
Beroep: 1936 landbouwster.
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Historical events
Birthday June 13, 1894
- The temperature on June 13, 1894 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
- April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
- June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
- September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
- November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
- November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
Day of marriage May 20, 1915
- The temperature on May 20, 1915 was between 9.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
- March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
- May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
- July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
- August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.
- August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
- September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
Day of death October 16, 1944
- The temperature on October 16, 1944 was between 8.8 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- March 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
- April 13 » Relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
- June 10 » World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
- August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
- September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
- October 25 » Second World War: The USSTang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
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- 1897 » Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner and coach († 1973)
- 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
- 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
- 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
- 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)
- 1951 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
- 1956 » Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)
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Joop Klavers, "Family tree Klavers", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom_klavers/I1304.php : accessed February 17, 2026), "Geertje Brinks (1894-1944)".