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Personal data Dirk Veen 

  • He was born on July 20, 1875 in Steenwijkerwold.
  • Profession: Koopman, Grossier (1937), Evangelist.
  • Religion: NH, later VZG.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1901: Wijk 5 nr 63 Steenwijk.
    • in the year 1939: Gasthuisstraat 49 Steenwijk.
    • in the year 1962: Gasthuisstraat 59 Steenwijk.
  • He died on December 22, 1962 in Steenwijk, he was 87 years old.
    adv CGB
  • A child of Hendrik Veen and Johanna van der Heide
  • This information was last updated on January 6, 2018.

Household of Dirk Veen

He is married to Hilligje Tekelenburg.

They got married on May 24, 1901 at Steenwijk, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Hendrik Veen  1904-1904
  2. Wemmigje Veen  1905-
  3. Johanna Veen  1907-1965
  4. Lamberta Veen  1908- 
  5. Hendrikje Veen  1912- 


Notes about Dirk Veen


Dirk hoeft niet te dienen bij de Nationale Militie omdat hij de enige wettige zoon is.
Hij was van 1921 tot 1947 voorganger van de Vrije Zendingsgemeente.
Zie voor zijn biografie: Dirk Veen (1875-1962), reizend evangelist onder ·Äúde mensen van de derde klasse·Äù door D.J. van Wezep. In: Historische Mededelingen van de Historische Vereniging Steenwijk en Omstreken, 1986, nr 4, p. 8 t/m 12.

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Birthday July 20, 1875

  • The temperature on July 20, 1875 was about 15.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
    • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
    • March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
    • May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
    • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
    • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Day of marriage May 24, 1901

  • The temperature on May 24, 1901 was between 4.8 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (80%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
    • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
    • August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
    • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
    • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
    • December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

Day of death December 22, 1962

  • The temperature on December 22, 1962 was between -9.8 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -5.4 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
    • June 7 » The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.
    • July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
    • July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
    • October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
    • November 20 » Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.


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