Family tree Weening » Griete Zijlstra (1857-1949)

Personal data Griete Zijlstra 


Household of Griete Zijlstra

She is married to Johan Sakes Veenstra.

They got married on May 13, 1882 at Grootegast (Gr), she was 25 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Dieuwke Veenstra  1883-1972

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Griete Zijlstra

Folkert Jans Bijlsma
1788-1847
Grietje Geerts
1784-1846

Griete Zijlstra
1857-1949

1882

Johan Sakes Veenstra
1857-1928

Dieuwke Veenstra
1883-1972

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1857, Opsterland
  2. (Not public)
  3. www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl
  4. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1882

Historical events

Birthday March 3, 1857

  • The temperature on March 3, 1857 was about 7.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 6 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
    • March 23 » Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
    • June 26 » The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
    • July 18 » Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
    • September 12 » The SSCentral America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.
    • October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.

Day of marriage May 13, 1882

  • The temperature on May 13, 1882 was about 15.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
    • March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
    • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
    • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
    • December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
    • December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

Day of death April 16, 1949

  • The temperature on April 16, 1949 was between 11.0 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
    • February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
    • February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
    • April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
    • November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
    • December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.


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