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Household of Romkje Leegstra

She is married to Jan Posthumus.

They got married on June 27, 1940 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 21 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Romkje Leegstra

Melle Hendriks Leegstra
1838-1916
Aukje Wybes de Vries
1850-1918
Gerrit Wybes Hekstra
1829-1899
Grietje Romkes van der Veen
1835-1931
Hiske Hekstra
1877-1966

Romkje Leegstra
1919-1994

1940

Jan Posthumus
1917-????


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Sources

  1. Bevolkingsregister Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/568245/leegstra
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Historical events

Birthday March 11, 1919

  • The temperature on March 11, 1919 was between 10.2 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 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 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
    • February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
    • February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
    • June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
    • June 21 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
    • December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

Day of marriage June 27, 1940

  • The temperature on June 27, 1940 was between 7.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (68%). 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 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.
    • May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
    • July 23 » The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
    • July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
    • August 31 » Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
    • September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
    • October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.

Day of death January 21, 1994

  • The temperature on January 21, 1994 was between 4.4 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
    • April 4 » Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name Mosaic Communications Corporation.
    • June 20 » The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
    • July 25 » Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
    • October 14 » Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government.
    • October 31 » American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board.
    • December 10 » Rwandan genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.


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