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Personal data Geert Wilpstra 


Household of Geert Wilpstra

He is married to Jantje Drent.

They got married on November 8, 1919 at Marum (Gr), he was 37 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Wilpstra

Feye Hotzes Wilpstra
1812-1885
Wijke Lucas Dijkstra
1815-1907
Bote Jans Hamstra
1801-1864
Geertje Casemier
1814-1891

Geert Wilpstra
1882-1966

1919

Jantje Drent
1894-1987


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1882
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1966
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/2028481/wilpstra
  4. Huwelijksregister Marum 1919

Historical events

Birthday February 15, 1882

  • The temperature on February 15, 1882 was about 9.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
    • June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
    • July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
    • September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
    • October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
    • December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.

Day of marriage November 8, 1919

  • The temperature on November 8, 1919 was between -1.2 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 18 » World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
    • January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
    • February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
    • June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
    • September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
    • November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)

Day of death March 22, 1966

  • The temperature on March 22, 1966 was between 2.2 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
    • January 13 » Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
    • January 31 » The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
    • February 4 » All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
    • March 1 » The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
    • June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
    • November 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.


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