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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 8 » African American men are granted the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
    • January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
    • April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
    • May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
    • October 21 » The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
    • December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.

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.
    • May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
    • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
    • July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
    • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
    • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

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.
    • June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
    • July 25 » World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
    • August 19 » World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
    • September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
    • October 12 » World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
    • December 22 » World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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