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Household of Willem Laanstra

He is married to Jantje Postma.

They got married on May 31, 1945 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 31 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Laanstra

Willem Laanstra
1862-1926
Rooske Claus
1864-1932
Rinze Jans van Houten
1858-1914
Hinke Helder
1874-1953

Willem Laanstra
1914-1988

1945

Jantje Postma
1921-1997


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1914, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/33686/laanstra
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Historical events

Birthday January 29, 1914

  • The temperature on January 29, 1914 was between 1.9 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
    • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
    • August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
    • October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
    • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.

Day of marriage May 31, 1945

  • The temperature on May 31, 1945 was between 6.9 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • April 21 » World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
    • April 26 » World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army are liberated in Baguio and they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
    • May 1 » World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.
    • May 8 » End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
    • May 8 » Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
    • July 26 » World War II: The USSIndianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb.

Day of death April 13, 1988

  • The temperature on April 13, 1988 was between 0.4 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
    • June 12 » Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 46, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board.
    • August 8 » The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
    • October 19 » The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
    • November 16 » In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
    • December 12 » The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.


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