Emigranten » Kornelis Spoelstra (1867-1948)

Personal data Kornelis Spoelstra 


Household of Kornelis Spoelstra

He is married to Sjoukje Postema.

They got married on May 14, 1892 at Kollummerland, Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3

they left with 8 children on March 13, 1913 to the USA. The trip was paid by their brother in law Jan Stuursma, who emigrated earlier.

Child(ren):

  4. Jacob Spoelstra  1897-1979
  7. Janke Spoelstra  1906-1977
  9. Hilda Spoelstra  1914-2001

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    Historical events

    Birthday May 13, 1867

    • The temperature on May 13, 1867 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
    • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • January 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
      • February 17 » The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
      • February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
      • April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
      • December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
      • December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

    Day of marriage May 14, 1892

    • The temperature on May 14, 1892 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 1892: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
      • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
      • September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
      • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
      • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
      • December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.

    Day of death December 13, 1948

    • The temperature on December 13, 1948 was between 5.7 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
    • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
      • January 4 » Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
      • April 9 » Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
      • April 28 » Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
      • July 29 » Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
      • November 1 » Six thousand people die when a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks off southern Manchuria.
      • December 11 » Arab–Israeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

    Source: Wikipedia


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