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Personal data Grietje Veenstra 


Household of Grietje Veenstra

She is married to Teye Smedes.

They got married on May 20, 1915 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Lutske Smedes  1916-1918

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Veenstra

Mindert Andries Veenstra
1835-1927
Grietje Sjoerds Boonstra
1822-1898
Derk Holtrop
1825-1899
Rientje Renkema
1830-1908

Grietje Veenstra
1893-1987

1915

Teye Smedes
1893-1977

Lutske Smedes
1916-1918

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1893, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/582887/veenstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1915, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday February 9, 1893

  • The temperature on February 9, 1893 was about 1.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 13 » U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USSBoston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
    • January 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
    • February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
    • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
    • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.

Day of marriage May 20, 1915

  • The temperature on May 20, 1915 was between 9.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
    • January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
    • January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
    • June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
    • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
    • August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.

Day of death November 23, 1987

  • The temperature on November 23, 1987 was between 4.4 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
    • March 19 » Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
    • March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
    • May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
    • July 4 » In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (a.k.a. the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment.
    • September 13 » Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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