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Personal data George William Venstra 


Household of George William Venstra

(1) He is married to Majorie Gibson.

They got married on October 2, 1931 at Farmington, Davis, Utah, USA, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jay Donald Venstra  1934-2012 
  3. Ruth Venstra  1943-2012 


(2) He is married to Lola Ann Herrick.

They got married.


Child(ren):

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George William Venstra

Gerke Eerdes Veenstra
1853-1934
Antje Edzes de Vries
1845-1935

George William Venstra
1906-1980

(1) 1931

Majorie Gibson
1910-1946

Jay Donald Venstra
1934-2012
William Jacob Venstra
1938-2006
Ruth Venstra
1943-2012
(2) 

Lola Ann Herrick
1910-2000


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Birthday August 7, 1906

  • The temperature on August 7, 1906 was between 8.1 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
    • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
    • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
    • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
    • August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
    • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.

Day of marriage October 2, 1931

  • The temperature on October 2, 1931 was between 9.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
    • March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
    • March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
    • September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
    • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
    • November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.

Day of death January 19, 1980

  • The temperature on January 19, 1980 was between -7.3 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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)
  • 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
    • January 21 » Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, killing 128 people.
    • January 25 » Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
    • March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
    • June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.
    • September 18 » Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.
    • November 12 » The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.

Day of burial January 22, 1980

  • The temperature on January 22, 1980 was between 2.0 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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)
  • 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
    • March 4 » Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
    • April 9 » The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
    • May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
    • July 7 » Institution of sharia law in Iran.
    • August 1 » A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
    • November 20 » Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1901 » Ann Harding, American actress and singer († 1981)
  • 1903 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist († 1972)
  • 1904 » Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
  • 1907 » Albert Kotin, Belarusian-American soldier and painter († 1980)
  • 1910 » Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader († 1965)
  • 1911 » István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician († 1979)

Source: Wikipedia


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