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Household of Jan Veenstra

He is married to Foekje Kooistra.

They got married on November 20, 1924 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 21 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Veenstra

Anne Jelles Veenstra
1832-1899
Grietje Rinzes Velzing
1838-1924
Jan Gjalts Gjaltema
1829-1888
Catharina Levis van Raaltje
1838-1916

Jan Veenstra
1903-1989

1924

Foekje Kooistra
1901-1981


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1903, Smallingerland
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/539389/veenstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1924, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday May 30, 1903

  • The temperature on May 30, 1903 was between 13.5 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 15.0 hours of sunshine (92%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
    • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
    • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
    • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
    • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
    • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.

Day of marriage November 20, 1924

  • The temperature on November 20, 1924 was between 2.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
    • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
    • May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
    • July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
    • August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
    • October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.

Day of death November 28, 1989

  • The temperature on November 28, 1989 was between -1.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (91%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
    • February 19 » Flying Tiger Line flight 66 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
    • April 27 » The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
    • June 7 » Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.
    • August 20 » The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
    • September 11 » Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
    • October 15 » Eight of those convicted in the Rivonia Trial are released from prison.


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