Family tree Weening » Gerben Veenstra (1891-1966)

Personal data Gerben Veenstra 


Household of Gerben Veenstra

He is married to Jeltje de Bruin.

They got married on May 9, 1914 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Dirk Veenstra  1920-1993

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerben Veenstra

Durk Egberts Veenstra
1817-1857
Antje Pieters Riemersma
1809-1888
Gerben Herres Boskma
1823-1902
Antje Jans Viersen
1822-1885

Gerben Veenstra
1891-1966

1914

Jeltje de Bruin
1893-1964

Dirk Veenstra
1920-1993

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1891, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195983/veenstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1914, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday October 18, 1891

  • The temperature on October 18, 1891 was about 12.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
    • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
    • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
    • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
    • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Day of marriage May 9, 1914

  • The temperature on May 9, 1914 was between 5.0 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
    • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
    • August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
    • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
    • September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
    • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Day of death December 19, 1966

  • The temperature on December 19, 1966 was between 5.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 9.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
    • March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
    • May 6 » Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
    • August 1 » Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
    • August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
    • October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
    • November 15 » A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.


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