Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Gerben Roels Kooistra (1873-1944)

Personal data Gerben Roels Kooistra 

  • He was born on July 3, 1873 in Oudega, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland.
  • He died on January 11, 1944 in Oudega, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland, he was 70 years old.
  • He is buried in Oudega, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland.
  • A child of Roel Jans Kooistra and Sjoukje Gerbens de Jong
  • This information was last updated on November 9, 2015.

Household of Gerben Roels Kooistra

He is married to Tjitske Wiltjes Kroese.

They got married on May 16, 1896 at Smallingerland, Friesland, he was 22 years old.

Huwelijksregister 1896
Bron: BS Huwelijk
Soort registratie: Huwelijksakte
Datum: 16-05-1896
Vader van de bruidegom Roel Jans Kooistra
Moeder van de bruidegom Sjoukje de Jong
Bruidegom Gerben Kooistra 22 jaar oud geboren te Oudega
Bruid Tjitske Kroese 19 jaar oud geboren te Sexbierum, gemeente Barradeel
Vader van de bruid Wiltje Kroese
Moeder van de bruid Grietje Mulder

Child(ren):

  2. Wilt Gerbens Kooistra  1898-1948 
  3. Roel Gerbens Kooistra  ± 1902-1910

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Birthday July 3, 1873

  • The temperature on July 3, 1873 was about 23.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
    • March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
    • May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
    • August 2 » The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
    • August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
    • November 22 » The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.

Day of marriage May 16, 1896

  • The temperature on May 16, 1896 was about 9.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
    • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
    • May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
    • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
    • November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
    • December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

Day of death January 11, 1944

  • The temperature on January 11, 1944 was between 1.0 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
    • January 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
    • June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
    • August 10 » World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end.
    • November 26 » World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
    • November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
    • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.


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