Wiggins-Mergenthaler Family Tree » Geertje (Gertie) Medema (1874-????)
Personal data Geertje (Gertie) Medema
Source 1Sources 1, 2- She was born on February 25, 1874 in Zijldijk, gem, 't Zandt, Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands.Sources 1, 2
- Resident in the year 1910: Trofton, Snohomish, Washington, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
- (Arrival) in the year 1887.Source 1
- A child of Evert Engberts Medema and Trijntje Heun
Household of Geertje (Gertie) Medema
She is married to John Kroeze.
They got married on May 3, 1893 at Kankakee, Illinois, USA, she was 19 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Edward Kroeze ± 1896-????
- Katie Kroeze ± 1901-
- Della Kroeze ± 1903-
- Ansel Kroeze ± 1908-
- William Kroeze 1909-1981
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Sources
- 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Trofton, Snohomish, Washington; Roll: T624_1669; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0303; FHL microfilm: 1375682 / Ancestry.com
- Netherlands, Birth Index, 1784-1917, Ancestry.com, AlleGroningers; Den Haag, Nederland; Burgerlijke stand (geboorteakten) / Ancestry.com
- Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 25, 1874
- The temperature on February 25, 1874 was about 5.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
- May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
- May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
- May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
- July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
- November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
Day of marriage May 3, 1893
- The temperature on May 3, 1893 was about 14.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
- August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
- August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
- September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
- November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
- November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
Same birth/death day
- 1866 » Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician († 1952)
- 1869 » Phoebus Levene, Russian-American biochemist and physician († 1940)
- 1873 » Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor; the most popular operatic tenor of the early 20th century and the first great recording star. († 1921)
- 1877 » Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar († 1935)
- 1881 » Alexei Rykov, Russian politician, Premier of Russia († 1938)
- 1881 » William Z. Foster, American union leader and politician († 1961)
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