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Personal data Willem Veenstra 


Household of Willem Veenstra

He is married to Baukje Eekema.

They got married on May 20, 1939 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Veenstra

Fokke Popkes Veenstra
1840-1919
Antje Willems Boersma
1843-1881
Johannes Annes Postma
1854-1935
Teetske Rapkes Wagenaar
1851-1908

Willem Veenstra
1911-1962

1939

Baukje Eekema
1912-1963


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1911, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1962, Leeuwarden
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/278330/veenstra
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Historical events

Birthday December 15, 1911

  • The temperature on December 15, 1911 was between 3.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
    • June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
    • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
    • September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
    • October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
    • December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Day of marriage May 20, 1939

  • The temperature on May 20, 1939 was between 1.7 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
    • April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
    • June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
    • September 4 » World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
    • September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
    • September 28 » World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.

Day of death June 18, 1962

  • The temperature on June 18, 1962 was between 9.9 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • March 18 » The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
    • July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
    • August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
    • October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
    • October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
    • December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.


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