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Personal data Douwe Smit 


Household of Douwe Smit

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Jantje Smit) is also his cousin.

(1) He is married to Jantje Smit.

They got married on March 9, 1876 at Borger, Drenthe, he was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Klaasje Smit  1876-????
  2. Jantje Smit  1878-1962 
  3. Douwe Smit  1890-1932 


(2) He is married to Metje Beekman.

They got married on September 7, 1901 at Onstwedde, Groningen, he was 47 years old.Source 4


Notes about Douwe Smit

Beroep: 1876-1915 arbeider.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Smit

Pieter Jans Smit
1776-1854
Geertje Jans [Snieder] Snijder
1777-1849
Meerten Geerts Muske
1782-????
Lammechien Jacobs Zeven
1778-1860

Douwe Smit
1854-1915

(1) 1876

Jantje Smit
1850-1896

Klaasje Smit
1876-????
Jantje Smit
1878-1962
Douwe Smit
1890-1932
(2) 1901

Metje Beekman
1856-1932


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Historical events

Birthday June 12, 1854

  • The temperature on June 12, 1854 was about 17.0 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 24 » A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
    • March 1 » German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
    • June 10 » The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class of students.
    • August 4 » The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
    • October 25 » The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade.
    • December 18 » The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolishes the seigneurial system.

Day of marriage September 7, 1901

  • The temperature on September 7, 1901 was between 6.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
    • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
    • August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
    • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
    • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
    • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.

Day of death December 30, 1915

  • The temperature on December 30, 1915 was between 3.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
    • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
    • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
    • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
    • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
    • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
    • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.


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