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Personal data Jan Veenstra 

  • He was born on January 12, 1900 in Grouw.
  • Occupations:
    • Arbeider.
    • Cafehouder.
    • Vervoerdienst.
    • Schippersknecht.
  • Resident:
    • Grouw.
    • Irnsum.
  • He died on March 2, 1990 in Leeuwarden, he was 90 years old.
  • This information was last updated on October 3, 2007.

Household of Jan Veenstra

He is married to Hieke Sjoerds Boerke.

They got married on January 11, 1926 at Idaarderadeel, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. Sjoerd Veenstra  1928-1993

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Veenstra

Jan Veenstra
1900-1990

1926

Hieke Sjoerds Boerke
1903-2001

(Not public)
Sjoerd Veenstra
1928-1993
Harmen Gerrit Veenstra
1932-2003

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Birthday January 12, 1900

  • The temperature on January 12, 1900 was about -0.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
    • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
    • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
    • March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
    • July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
    • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

Day of marriage January 11, 1926

  • The temperature on January 11, 1926 was between -1.3 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
    • June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
    • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
    • September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
    • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
    • November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

Day of death March 2, 1990

  • The temperature on March 2, 1990 was between 0.7 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
    • April 7 » A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.
    • May 18 » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h (320.2mph).
    • June 2 » The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
    • June 19 » The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
    • June 19 » The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
    • September 20 » South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.


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