When Metje Gidding was born on 22 May 1909, in Herveld, Valburg, Gelderland, Netherlands, her father, Arend Gidding, was 33 and her mother, Fokje Kooistra, was 29. She married Johannes Wilhelmus Bolte on 14 November 1929, in Valburg, Gelderland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 7 November 1944, in Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands, at the age of 35.
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During WWI, the Netherlands declared that they were neutral and stayed so during the war.
WWI. Despite Dutch neutrality in World War I (1914-18), the Netherlands suffers from severe food shortages, triggering street riots.
Dutch women get the vote.
English (southern): variant of Giddens .
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