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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 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
    • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
    • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
    • June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
    • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
    • October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.

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 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
    • May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
    • May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
    • June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
    • November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
    • December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.

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 28 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
    • March 21 » Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships
    • May 2 » Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
    • October 3 » TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.
    • October 11 » Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
    • December 23 » Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.


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