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Personal data Jan Veenstra 


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

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.
    • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
    • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
    • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
    • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
    • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
    • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

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 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
    • March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
    • April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
    • April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
    • 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 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.

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 2 » Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
    • April 9 » Tbilisi massacre: an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
    • July 6 » The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.
    • October 15 » Eight of those convicted in the Rivonia Trial are released from prison.
    • October 15 » Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
    • November 27 » Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack.


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