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Personal data Leentje Veenstra 

  • She was born on January 16, 1904 in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
    Aangegeven door de vader, koopman, wonende te Zwaagwesteinde; kind erkend bij huwelijk ouders d.d. 3 oktober 1907
  • She died on September 26, 1985 in -, she was 81 years old.Source 2
  • She is buried in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland.
  • A child of Egbert Veenstra and Japke Lourens
  • This information was last updated on June 20, 2023.

Household of Leentje Veenstra

She is married to Cornelis Meijers.

They got married on May 26, 1923 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 19 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Leentje Veenstra

Fokke Egberts Veenstra
1845-1892
Leentje Jelles van Leyen
1842-1877
Anne Lieuwes Lourens
1849-1936
Wytske Baukes van der Heide
1851-1929
Japke Lourens
1880-1954

Leentje Veenstra
1904-1985

1923

Cornelis Meijers
1895-1960


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1904, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195231/veenstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1923, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday January 16, 1904

  • The temperature on January 16, 1904 was between 0.2 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
    • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
    • February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
    • February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
    • August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
    • December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.

Day of marriage May 26, 1923

  • The temperature on May 26, 1923 was between 3.5 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
    • February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
    • March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
    • April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
    • April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
    • June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.

Day of death September 26, 1985

  • The temperature on September 26, 1985 was between 10.4 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
    • April 21 » The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
    • August 23 » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
    • September 13 » Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
    • September 19 » Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
    • November 19 » Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.


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