Family tree Weening » Romke Hekstra (1867-1944)

Personal data Romke Hekstra 


Household of Romke Hekstra

He is married to Antje Monsma.

They got married on May 12, 1894 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Gerrit Hekstra  1895-1942
  2. Pieter Hekstra  1897-1986
  4. Grietje Hekstra  1913-1996

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Romke Hekstra

Wybe Ebeles Hekstra
± 1768-1839
Pierkjen Jans Dirks
± 1792-????
Romke Joekes van der Veen
1793-1868
Hiske Jarigs Postma
± 1797-1872

Romke Hekstra
1867-1944

1894

Antje Monsma
1873-1958

Gerrit Hekstra
1895-1942
Pieter Hekstra
1897-1986
Trijntje Hekstra
1910-????
Grietje Hekstra
1913-1996

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1867, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1944, Dantumadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1894, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday June 28, 1867

  • The temperature on June 28, 1867 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
    • March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
    • July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
    • November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
    • December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
    • December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

Day of marriage May 12, 1894

  • The temperature on May 12, 1894 was about 11.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
    • June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
    • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
    • September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
    • November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
    • November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

Day of death February 16, 1944

  • The temperature on February 16, 1944 was between -0.4 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
    • May 18 » World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
    • June 10 » World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
    • August 19 » World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
    • September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
    • October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
    • October 21 » World War II: The first kamikaze attack damages HMASAustralia as the Battle of Leyte Gulf begins.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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