Eijsermans family tree » Durkje (Dirkje) Zijlstra (1869-1942)

Personal data Durkje (Dirkje) Zijlstra 


Household of Durkje (Dirkje) Zijlstra

She is married to Durk Offringa.

They got married May 1891, she was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Durk Offringa  1892-????
  2. Menne Jan Offringa  1893-????
  3. N.N. Offringa  1896-1896
  4. Sijtske Offringa  1897-1985 
  5. Sjuk Offringa  1898-1990
  6. Jan Offringa  1900-

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Birthday March 15, 1869

  • The temperature on March 15, 1869 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
    • May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
    • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
    • October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
    • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
    • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".

Day of death February 3, 1942

  • The temperature on February 3, 1942 was between -17.4 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -10.6 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • January 26 » World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
    • June 12 » Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
    • July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
    • September 12 » World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Japanese troops.
    • September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi to Bełżec extermination camp.
    • December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.


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