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Household of Gerrit Veenstra

He is married to Fokje Hoekstra.

They got married on January 22, 1944 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 28 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Veenstra

Tjeerd Jans Veenstra
1856-1937
Hiltje Oedzes Bos
1847-1930
Gerrit van der Heide
1865-1947
Freerkje Seyes Landheer
1859-1930
Jan Veenstra
1889-????

Gerrit Veenstra
1916-1974

1944

Fokje Hoekstra
1918-2002


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1916, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/132616/veenstra
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Historical events

Birthday January 19, 1916

  • The temperature on January 19, 1916 was between 6.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
    • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
    • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
    • October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
    • December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
    • December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

Day of marriage January 22, 1944

  • The temperature on January 22, 1944 was between 5.3 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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 year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 22 » World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
    • January 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
    • June 25 » The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
    • July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
    • July 21 » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
    • September 15 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.

Day of death December 13, 1974

  • The temperature on December 13, 1974 was between -0.1 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • February 7 » Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
    • April 25 » Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
    • July 27 » Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
    • November 13 » Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
    • November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
    • December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.


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