Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Jouke Douwes "Jake" Terpstra (1894-1988)

Personal data Jouke Douwes "Jake" Terpstra 

  • Nickname is Jake.
  • He was born on August 24, 1894 in Leens.
  • He died on January 8, 1988 in Rock Valley-Iowa (USA), he was 93 years old.
  • He is buried in Rock Valley-Iowa (USA).
  • This information was last updated on November 23, 2020.

Household of Jouke Douwes "Jake" Terpstra

He is married to Folkje Jans de Jong.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. David Terpstra  1917-1941
  2. John Terpstra  1919-1941
  3. Harry Terpstra  1920-2012
  4. Agner J. Terpstra  1923-2007
  5. Clarence Terpstra  1925-2006

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jouke Douwes Terpstra

Jouke Douwes Terpstra
1894-1988


Folkje Jans de Jong
1898-1984

David Terpstra
1917-1941
John Terpstra
1919-1941
Harry Terpstra
1920-2012
Agner J. Terpstra
1923-2007
Clarence Terpstra
1925-2006
Floyd Henry Terpstra
1931-2012
Florence Janet Terpstra
1934-1973

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Birthday August 24, 1894

  • The temperature on August 24, 1894 was about 16.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
    • June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
    • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
    • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
    • November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
    • December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

Day of death January 8, 1988

  • The temperature on January 8, 1988 was between 1.5 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
    • January 13 » Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
    • February 29 » South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with one hundred other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
    • March 25 » The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
    • May 14 » Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
    • December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.
    • December 21 » The first flight of Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft in the world.


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