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Personal data Romke Veenstra 


Household of Romke Veenstra

He is married to Trijntje Postma.

They got married on May 23, 1935 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 28 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Romke Veenstra

Johannes Andries Veenstra
1843-1906
Wietske Himmes de Boer
1840-1915
Romke Geerts Postma
1853-1922
Antje Sybes Klopstra
1854-1884

Romke Veenstra
1906-1970

1935

Trijntje Postma
1910-1985


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1906, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/274016/veenstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1935, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday June 8, 1906

  • The temperature on June 8, 1906 was between 8.6 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
    • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
    • April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
    • November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
    • December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
    • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Day of marriage May 23, 1935

  • The temperature on May 23, 1935 was between 9.6 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • February 26 » Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
    • May 25 » Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
    • July 24 » The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee.
    • July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
    • November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
    • December 9 » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.

Day of death June 28, 1970

  • The temperature on June 28, 1970 was between 12.0 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
    • January 22 » The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
    • April 10 » Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
    • April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
    • August 17 » Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
    • November 5 » The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
    • November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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