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Personal data Gerrit Veenstra 

  • He was born on October 26, 1840 in Den Helder (NH).
    Hij is geboren bewesten de rasters nr. 132 om 08.00u; aangifte geb op 26 okt 1840 door de vader; getuigen bij de aangifte: Balthazar Strikker, 41 jaar, metselaar en Hendrik Jan Tussenbroek, 52 jaar, sjouwerman; beiden wonende in Den Helder
  • Profession: aardwerker (1865-1866); werkman (1870, 1872-1873, 1875, 1882, 1884); visserman (1880).
  • He died on May 8, 1887 in Den Helder (NH), he was 46 years old.Source 1
  • A child of Klaas Veenstra and Dieuwertje Otto
  • This information was last updated on June 3, 2014.

Household of Gerrit Veenstra

He is married to Aaltje Knip.

They got married on September 21, 1865 at Den Helder (NH), he was 24 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Antje Veenstra  1866-1866
  2. Jacob Veenstra  1868-1933 
  3. Dieuwertje Veenstra  1870-1928 
  4. Klaas Veenstra  1872-1872
  5. Aaltje Veenstra  1873-1945
  6. Klaas Veenstra  1875-1957 
  7. Willem Veenstra  1877-1946 
  8. Trijntje Veenstra  1880-1926
  10. Gerrit Veenstra  1884-1933
  11. Cornelis Veenstra  1887-1925

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Sources

  1. Noord-Hollands Archief; BS-Overlijden
    Akteplaats: Den Helder
    Soort akte: Overlijdensakte
    Aktenummer: 175
    Registratiedatum: 09-05-1887
  2. Noord-Hollands Archief; BS-Huwelijk
    Akteplaats: Den Helder
    Soort akte: Huwelijksakte
    Aktenummer: 129
    Registratiedatum: 21-09-1865

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Birthday October 26, 1840

  • The temperature on October 26, 1840 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui hagel winderig. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
    • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
    • February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
    • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
    • May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
    • July 23 » The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.

Day of marriage September 21, 1865

  • The temperature on September 21, 1865 was about 14.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
    • April 4 » American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
    • April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
    • June 11 » The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
    • July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
    • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.

Day of death May 8, 1887

  • The temperature on May 8, 1887 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
    • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
    • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.


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