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Personal data Gerrit Smits 


Household of Gerrit Smits

He is married to Jeanette Jacoba Hess.

They got married on August 8, 1918 at Rotterdam, ZH, NL, he was 28 years old.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Smits

Sjouke Smits
± 1860-????

Gerrit Smits
1890-????

1918

Jeanette Jacoba Hess
1896-????


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  1. Rotterdam 1918 hw n41v

Historical events

Day of marriage August 8, 1918

  • The temperature on August 8, 1918 was between 12.1 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
    • March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
    • April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
    • August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
    • October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
    • November 3 » Austria-Hungary enters into the Armistice of Villa Giusti with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.

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