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Personal data Eeuwe Zijlstra 


Household of Eeuwe Zijlstra

He is married to Christina Zevenberg.

They got married on May 18, 1887 at Grijpskerk (Gr), he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Harmina Zijlstra  1897-1984
  2. Gerrit Zijlstra  1899-1987
  3. Pieter Zijlstra  1903-1986
  4. Gosse Zijlstra  1906-1987
  5. Sijtske Zijlstra  1911-1998 

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1861, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1943, Opsterland
  3. Huwelijksregister Grijpskerk 1887

Historical events

Birthday December 23, 1861

  • The temperature on December 23, 1861 was about 5.4 °C. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 11 » American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
    • April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
    • April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
    • April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
    • November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
    • December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

Day of marriage May 18, 1887

  • The temperature on May 18, 1887 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
    • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
    • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
    • July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
    • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Day of death April 9, 1943

  • The temperature on April 9, 1943 was between 4.6 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
    • March 3 » World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
    • March 6 » Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
    • April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
    • June 20 » World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
    • July 4 » World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.


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Source: Wikipedia

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