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Personal data Hendrik Poelstra 


Household of Hendrik Poelstra

He is married to Everdina Jantje Smit.

They got married on June 7, 1937 at Groningen (Gr), he was 28 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hendrik Poelstra

Wieger Kornelis Poelstra
1843-1916
Froukjen Hepkes Veenstra
1843-1922
Luije Stokroos
1833-1891
Doetje Jelles Spaan
1839-1908

Hendrik Poelstra
1908-1990

1937

Everdina Jantje Smit
1911-2001


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Hoogkerk 1908
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/67438/poelstra
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Historical events

Birthday November 29, 1908

  • The temperature on November 29, 1908 was between 1.0 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
    • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
    • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
    • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
    • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
    • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.

Day of marriage June 7, 1937

  • The temperature on June 7, 1937 was between 14.8 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
    • July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
    • July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
    • July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
    • July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
    • October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.

Day of death August 16, 1990

  • The temperature on August 16, 1990 was between 12.0 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
    • February 13 » German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
    • May 18 » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h (320.2mph).
    • August 12 » Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
    • September 16 » The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
    • October 8 » Second Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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