Family tree Weening » Loltje "Laura" Hoekstra (1898-1976)
Personal data Loltje "Laura" Hoekstra
- Nickname is Laura.
- She was born on March 19, 1898 in Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- She died on September 10, 1976 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington, USA, she was 78 years old.Source 2
- A child of Fokke Hoekstra and Lydia Hoekstra
- This information was last updated on September 5, 2020.
Household of Loltje "Laura" Hoekstra
She is married to Hylke Tjoelker.
They got married.
Notes about Loltje "Laura" Hoekstra
Arrived in New York on 20 Oct 1919 sailing from Rotterdam, Netherlands on ship Rotterdam.
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Geboorteregister 1898, Achtkarspelen
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/33437870/laura-tjoelker
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Birthday March 19, 1898
- The temperature on March 19, 1898 was about 8.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
- June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
- June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
- August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
- August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
- September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
Day of death September 10, 1976
- The temperature on September 10, 1976 was between 8.3 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
- May 21 » Twenty-nine people are killed in the Yuba City bus disaster in Martinez, California.
- June 16 » Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
- September 16 » Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
- September 19 » Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object, when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
- October 11 » George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
- October 20 » The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
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