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Personal data Gerrit Leegstra 


Household of Gerrit Leegstra

He is married to Geeske Zuidema.

They got married on May 22, 1926 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 20 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Leegstra

Melle Hendriks Leegstra
1838-1916
Aukje Wybes de Vries
1850-1918
Gerrit Wybes Hekstra
1829-1899
Grietje Romkes van der Veen
1835-1931
Hiske Hekstra
1877-1966

Gerrit Leegstra
1906-1981

1926

Geeske Zuidema
1904-1991


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1906, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/179523/leegstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1926, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday March 29, 1906

  • The temperature on March 29, 1906 was between -0.7 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
    • March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
    • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
    • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
    • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
    • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

Day of marriage May 22, 1926

  • The temperature on May 22, 1926 was between 8.8 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
    • April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
    • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
    • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
    • September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
    • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

Day of death September 29, 1981

  • The temperature on September 29, 1981 was between 4.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
    • January 17 » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
    • May 21 » Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380million after the box office failure of the 1980 film Heaven's Gate.
    • May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
    • August 12 » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
    • September 21 » Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
    • December 13 » General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.


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