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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.
    • January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
    • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
    • May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
    • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
    • June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
    • December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

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.
    • April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
    • May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
    • June 17 » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
    • September 14 » World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORPOrzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
    • October 8 » World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
    • December 27 » Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

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.
    • January 11 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
    • July 5 » The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an 8-year-long war with France.
    • August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
    • September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
    • October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
    • October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.


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