Family tree Weening » Douwe Schilstra (1861-1937)

Personal data Douwe Schilstra 


Household of Douwe Schilstra

He is married to Antje Dijkstra.

They got married on May 28, 1885 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 23 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Hendrik Schilstra  1886-1959
  2. Jan Schilstra  1887-????
  3. Keimpe Schilstra  1889-????
  4. Jantje Schilstra  1892-1898

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Douwe Schilstra?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!

Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Schilstra

Douwe Schilstra
1861-1937

1885

Antje Dijkstra
1860-1940

Hendrik Schilstra
1886-1959
Jan Schilstra
1887-????
Keimpe Schilstra
1889-????
Jantje Schilstra
1892-1898
Jantje Wilhelmina Schilstra
1899-1938

With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).

Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1861, Hennaarderadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1937, Hennaarderadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1885, Achtkarspelen

Matches in other publications

This person also appears in the publication:

Historical events

Birthday October 21, 1861

  • The temperature on October 21, 1861 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 11 » American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
    • February 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
    • April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
    • May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
    • June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
    • November 9 » The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.

Day of marriage May 28, 1885

  • The temperature on May 28, 1885 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
    • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
    • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
    • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
    • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
    • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.

Day of death January 7, 1937

  • The temperature on January 7, 1937 was between 5.9 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
    • April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
    • June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
    • June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
    • December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
    • December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1845 » Will Carleton, American poet and journalist († 1912)
  • 1847 » Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright († 1906)
  • 1851 » George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer († 1898)
  • 1868 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer († 1951)
  • 1874 » Tan Kah Kee, Chinese businessman, community leader, communist and philanthropist (d.1961)
  • 1877 » Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist († 1955)

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Schilstra


The Family tree Weening publication was prepared by .contact the author
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Hans Weening, "Family tree Weening", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-weening/I105864.php : accessed February 12, 2026), "Douwe Schilstra (1861-1937)".