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Personal data Gelfke Veenstra 


Household of Gelfke Veenstra

She is married to Wytze Stienstra.

They got married on February 25, 1916 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 20 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gelfke Veenstra

Wierd Sybes Veenstra
1824-1912
Wypkje Jelles de Jong
1832-1905
Auke Folkerts Smid
1842-1917
Gelfke Hendriks Zuidersma
1843-1931
Jan Veenstra
1862-1950
Sieuwke Smid
1869-1939

Gelfke Veenstra
1895-1979

1916

Wytze Stienstra
1888-1971


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1895, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195643/veenstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1916, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday December 28, 1895

  • The temperature on December 28, 1895 was about -7.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
    • April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
    • April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
    • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
    • October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
    • November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.

Day of marriage February 25, 1916

  • The temperature on February 25, 1916 was between -2.5 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
    • June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
    • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
    • July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
    • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
    • September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.

Day of death September 11, 1979

  • The temperature on September 11, 1979 was between 12.9 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
    • February 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
    • June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
    • November 14 » Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
    • November 21 » The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
    • December 27 » The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.


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