Kramer Family Tree » Romke Gerrits Hekstra (1867-1944)
Personal data Romke Gerrits Hekstra
Sources 1, 2- He was born on June 28, 1867 in Akkerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland.
- He died on February 16, 1944 in Murmerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, he was 76 years old.
- He is buried in Damwoude algemeen, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands.
- A child of Gerrit Wijbes Hekstra and Grietje Romkes van der Veen
Household of Romke Gerrits Hekstra
He is married to Antje Pieters Monsma.
They got married on May 12, 1894, he was 26 years old.
Child(ren):
- Gerrit Hekstra 1895-1942
- Pieter Hekstra 1897-1986
- Wybe Romkes Hekstra 1900-1984
- Doeke Romkes Hekstra 1901-1972
- Romke Hekstra 1907-1910
- Tryntje Hekstra 1910-1953
- Grietje Hekstra 1913-1996
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Historical events
Birthday June 28, 1867
- The temperature on June 28, 1867 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
- March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
- March 29 » Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
- March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
- August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
- December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
Day of marriage May 12, 1894
- The temperature on May 12, 1894 was about 11.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
- January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
- May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
- July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
- August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
- November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
- November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of death February 16, 1944
- The temperature on February 16, 1944 was between -0.4 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
- March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
- August 23 » World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
- September 17 » World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
- October 12 » World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
- October 25 » Second World War: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
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- 1880 » John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player († 1971)
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- 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
- 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
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Louis Kramer, "Kramer Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kramer_stamboom/I578729.php : accessed March 16, 2026), "Romke Gerrits Hekstra (1867-1944)".
Louis Kramer, "Kramer Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kramer_stamboom/I578729.php : accessed March 16, 2026), "Romke Gerrits Hekstra (1867-1944)".