Family tree Steenbergen, van Kimmenaede, de Smit and Lensen » Gerrit Jan van Zalen (1878-1937)

Personal data Gerrit Jan van Zalen 

  • He was born on April 4, 1878 in Het Schut (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, Nederland.Source 1
    Geboorteregister Hoogeveen 1878, archiefnummer 0165.014, inventarisnummer 1878
    Gemeente: Hoogeveen
    Periode: 1878
    aktenummer 99
  • Birth registration on April 5, 1878.Source 2
  • Profession: Bakker.
  • Resident:
    • starting April 4, 1878: wijk B, nr 211a, Het Schut (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, Nederland.
      Geboren
    • until March 9, 1937: Hoofdstraat 180, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland.
      Overlijden
  • He died on March 9, 1937 in Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 58 years old.Source 1
    Overlijdensregister Hoogeveen 1937, archiefnummer 0167.014, inventarisnummer 1937
    Gemeente: Hoogeveen
    Periode: 1937
    aktenummer 55
  • Death registration on March 10, 1937.Source 3
  • This information was last updated on April 1, 2025.

Household of Gerrit Jan van Zalen

He is married to Catharina Slingenberg.

They got married on February 21, 1920 at Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 41 years old.Source 1

Huwelijksregister Hoogeveen 1920, archiefnummer 0166.014, inventarisnummer 1920
Gemeente: Hoogeveen
Periode: 1920
aktenummer 13

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Historical events

Birthday April 4, 1878

  • The temperature on April 4, 1878 was about 5.9 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
    • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
    • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
    • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
    • September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Day of death March 9, 1937

  • The temperature on March 9, 1937 was between -3.5 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
    • February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
    • May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
    • May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
    • July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
    • December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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