Family tree Weening » Geert Zijlstra (1894-1977)

Personal data Geert Zijlstra 


Household of Geert Zijlstra

He is married to Jeltje Hofstede.

They got married on January 13, 1915 at Grijpskerk (Gr), he was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  3. Filippus Zijlstra  1919-2006

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1894, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/1466299/zijlstra
  3. Huwelijksregister Grijpskerk 1915

Historical events

Birthday January 4, 1894

  • The temperature on January 4, 1894 was about -11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
    • May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
    • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
    • July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
    • September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
    • November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.

Day of marriage January 13, 1915

  • The temperature on January 13, 1915 was between -1.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
    • January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
    • May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
    • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
    • July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
    • August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.

Day of death July 6, 1977

  • The temperature on July 6, 1977 was between 15.3 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (89%). 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
    • March 11 » The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
    • March 16 » Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
    • April 11 » London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched.
    • April 28 » The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
    • May 28 » In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
    • August 20 » Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.


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