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Personal data Geert Damstra 


Household of Geert Damstra

(1) He is married to Sjoukje Reitsma.

They got married on May 9, 1891 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 21 years old.Source 3


(2) He is married to Jantje van der Meer.

They got married on October 31, 1896 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 27 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Gerlof Damstra  1898-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Damstra

Geert Gerlofs Damstra
1790-1856
Gertje Wybes Wiersma
± 1794-1875
Pieter Harkes van der Meulen
1787-1870
Jeltje Wybes de Vries
1790-1864

Geert Damstra
1869-1944

(1) 1891

Sjoukje Reitsma
1869-1891

(2) 1896

Jantje van der Meer
1868-1922

Gerlof Damstra
1898-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1869, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1944, Leeuwarden
  3. Huwelijksregister 1891, Dantumadeel
  4. Huwelijksregister 1896, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday August 2, 1869

  • The temperature on August 2, 1869 was about 19.7 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 19 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
    • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
    • May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
    • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
    • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
    • November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

Day of marriage October 31, 1896

Day of death February 11, 1944

  • The temperature on February 11, 1944 was between 0.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
    • January 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
    • July 6 » Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
    • August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
    • November 10 » The ammunition ship USSMount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.
    • December 18 » World War II: Seventy-seven B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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