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Personal data Durk Beerstra 


Household of Durk Beerstra

(1) He is married to Menke Bouma.

They got married on October 20, 1910 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Louw Beerstra  1911-1975
  3. Jan Beerstra  1914-1970


(2) He is married to Ruurdtje Bergsma.

They got married on January 31, 1925 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 40 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Durk Beerstra

Durk Sakes Beerstra
1820-1902
Grietje Annes Draisma
1822-1917
Sytze Rinzes van der Meer
1827-1904
Fokje Jacobs Fokkens
1823-1882

Durk Beerstra
1884-1972

(1) 1910

Menke Bouma
1887-1923

Louw Beerstra
1911-1975
Grietje Beerstra
1913-????
Jan Beerstra
1914-1970
Lutske Beerstra
1915-????
(2) 1925

Ruurdtje Bergsma
1893-1955


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1884, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/125132/beerstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1910, Kollumerland c.a.
  4. Huwelijksregister 1925, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday June 10, 1884

  • The temperature on June 10, 1884 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
    • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
    • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

Day of marriage January 31, 1925

  • The temperature on January 31, 1925 was between 8.4 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
    • March 21 » Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
    • April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
    • April 26 » Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
    • July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).
    • December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

Day of death September 4, 1972

  • The temperature on September 4, 1972 was between 8.4 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
    • May 2 » In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.
    • May 5 » Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
    • July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
    • September 11 » The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
    • November 8 » American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches, initially transmitting to 365 Teleservice Cable subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. First operating as a Northeastern U.S.-based regional service, HBO was one of the first cable-originated television channels. HBO's inaugural programming that evening consisted of its first event telecast—an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, and its first movie presentation—the 1971 Paul Newman–Henry Fonda film Sometimes a Great Notion.


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Source: Wikipedia

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