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Personal data Popke Veenstra 


Household of Popke Veenstra

He is married to Antje de Jong.

They got married on March 14, 1940 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Popke Veenstra

Sjuk Popkes Veenstra
1844-1927
Teetske Jelles Tjepkema
1844-1922
Jan Tjeerds de Groot
1843-1897
Klaaske Martens Elzinga
1850-1931
Alle Veenstra
1877-1959

Popke Veenstra
1916-1982

1940

Antje de Jong
1921-2010


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Sources

  1. Bevolkingsregister Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/543181/veenstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1940, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday January 26, 1916

  • The temperature on January 26, 1916 was between 4.9 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. 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 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 10 » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
    • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
    • June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
    • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
    • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
    • November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

Day of marriage March 14, 1940

  • The temperature on March 14, 1940 was between -1.9 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 26.8 mm of rain during 13.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
    • May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
    • May 25 » World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
    • September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
    • November 12 » World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.
    • December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.

Day of death May 20, 1982

  • The temperature on May 20, 1982 was between 12.2 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • March 5 » Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus.
    • May 29 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
    • June 8 » Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFASir Galahad and RFASir Tristram.
    • July 9 » Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
    • October 5 » Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
    • November 12 » USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.


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Source: Wikipedia

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