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Personal data Dirkje (Dorothy) POLSTRA 


Household of Dirkje (Dorothy) POLSTRA

She is married to Jan Rinzes TIBSTRA.

They got married on May 17, 1881 at Oostdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands, she was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jeltje TIBSTRA  1882-1975
  2. Hiltje TIBSTRA  1884-1967 
  3. Renske TIBSTRA  1886-???? 
  4. Jan Jans TIBSTRA  1888-1889
  6. Tjeerd Jans TIBSTRA  1893-1954 
  7. Rinze Jans TIBSTRA  1897-1954 
  8. Trijntje TIBSTRA  1899-1959


Notes about Dirkje (Dorothy) POLSTRA

15C2R from Atte Harcoz Siccama (ca 1360 - bef 1440)
18C1R from Yo Siccama (ca 1298 - ?)

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Birthday February 21, 1858

  • The temperature on February 21, 1858 was about -5.1 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1858: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The first Hallé concert is given in Manchester, England, marking the official founding of The Hallé orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
    • May 15 » Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
    • July 29 » United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
    • August 7 » The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College.
    • November 17 » Modified Julian Day zero.
    • November 17 » The city of Denver, Colorado is founded.

Day of marriage May 17, 1881

  • The temperature on May 17, 1881 was about 10.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
    • March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
    • April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
    • June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
    • July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
    • July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).

Day of death March 29, 1927

  • The temperature on March 29, 1927 was between 0.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
    • May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
    • May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
    • June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
    • August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
    • November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.


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