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Personal data Marten Veenstra 


Household of Marten Veenstra

He is married to Betske van der Velde.

They got married on April 30, 1903 at Marum (Gr), he was 30 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Jeltje Veenstra  1904-1977
  3. Clasina Veenstra  1906-1994 
  5. Geertje Veenstra  1912-1991
  7. Lamberta Veenstra  1917-1918

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1872, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1965, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/253919/veenstra
  4. Huwelijksregister Marum 1903

Historical events

Birthday September 9, 1872

  • The temperature on September 9, 1872 was about 20.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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 January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1872: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
    • March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
    • May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
    • June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
    • November 9 » The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
    • December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Day of marriage April 30, 1903

  • The temperature on April 30, 1903 was between 6.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (38%). 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 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
    • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
    • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
    • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
    • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
    • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Day of death June 2, 1965

  • The temperature on June 2, 1965 was between 6.5 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 14.9 hours of sunshine (91%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    • April 29 » Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
    • July 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
    • September 9 » The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
    • November 9 » Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.
    • December 9 » Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1868 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author, poet, and critic († 1934)
  • 1873 » Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American theater and film director († 1943)
  • 1876 » Frank Chance, American baseball player and manager († 1924)
  • 1877 » James Agate, English journalist, author, and critic († 1947)
  • 1878 » Adelaide Crapsey, American poet and critic († 1914)
  • 1878 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer († 1958)

Source: Wikipedia


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