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Personal data Gerben Meerstra 


Household of Gerben Meerstra

He is married to Antje Veenstra.

They got married on November 25, 1922 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 19 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Aan Meerstra  1923-2005

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerben Meerstra

Jarig Wybes Meerstra
1821-1897
Aaltje Aans Wijma
1823-1898
Johannes Jans van der Bij
1823-1889
Grietje Gerbens Bosma
1827-1891

Gerben Meerstra
1902-1959

1922

Antje Veenstra
1904-1974

Aan Meerstra
1923-2005

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1902, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1959, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/278087/meerstra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1922, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday December 24, 1902

  • The temperature on December 24, 1902 was between -0.9 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
    • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
    • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
    • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
    • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
    • December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

Day of marriage November 25, 1922

  • The temperature on November 25, 1922 was between -0.9 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • January 11 » First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
    • January 28 » Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
    • April 5 » The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
    • July 11 » The Hollywood Bowl opens.
    • August 2 » A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
    • November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)

Day of death November 15, 1959

  • The temperature on November 15, 1959 was between 4.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
    • April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
    • May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
    • June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
    • August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
    • October 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”


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