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Household of Wijke Veenstra

She is married to Jetze Spijksma.

They got married on May 8, 1941 at Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland, she was 30 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wijke Veenstra

Gerrit Egberts Veenstra
1843-1884
Tjitske Jacobs Kuipers
1852-1922
Sjoerd Hoekstra
1851-1909
Froukje Alles van der Wal
1848-1923

Wijke Veenstra
1911-1985

1941

Jetze Spijksma
1913-????


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1911, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/324504/veenstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1941, Hemelumer Oldeferd

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Historical events

Birthday May 8, 1911

  • The temperature on May 8, 1911 was between 5.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
    • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
    • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
    • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
    • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
    • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.

Day of marriage May 8, 1941

  • The temperature on May 8, 1941 was between -1.7 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • January 19 » World War II: HMSGreyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 40 miles (64km) northeast of Falkonera.
    • February 4 » The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
    • March 4 » World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
    • May 30 » World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
    • June 14 » June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
    • December 23 » World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.

Day of death October 10, 1985

  • The temperature on October 10, 1985 was between 9.6 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
    • January 28 » Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
    • March 17 » Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
    • May 29 » Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
    • October 7 » Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MSAchille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
    • October 7 » The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.


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