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Personal data Jan Leegstra 


Household of Jan Leegstra

He is married to Jansje Hebeltje Grijpstra.

They got married on May 14, 1932 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Leegstra

Melle Hendriks Leegstra
1838-1916
Aukje Wybes de Vries
1850-1918
Jetze Pettinga
1848-1926
Hiltje Zijlsema
1848-1914

Jan Leegstra
1908-1986

1932

Jansje Hebeltje Grijpstra
1914-1973


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Eenrum 1908
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195609/leegstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1932, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday October 9, 1908

  • The temperature on October 9, 1908 was between 6.7 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
    • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
    • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
    • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
    • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
    • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.

Day of marriage May 14, 1932

  • The temperature on May 14, 1932 was between 10.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
    • May 4 » In Atlanta, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
    • May 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
    • May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
    • June 24 » A bloodless revolution instigated by the People's Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
    • July 28 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
    • October 3 » Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.

Day of death July 26, 1986

  • The temperature on July 26, 1986 was between 14.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a payload specialist.
    • January 28 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
    • February 28 » Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
    • March 15 » Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.
    • June 4 » Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
    • July 6 » Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.


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