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Personal data Volkert Veenstra 


Household of Volkert Veenstra

He is married to Antje Dopsema.

They got married on June 12, 1863 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Siese Veenstra  1865-1917 
  2. Ebel Veenstra  1877-1951 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Volkert Veenstra

Ine Alberts Stokroos
± 1785-1860
Janke Jans Helder
± 1792-1834

Volkert Veenstra
1838-1908

1863

Antje Dopsema
1832-1903

Siese Veenstra
1865-1917
Ebel Veenstra
1877-1951

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1838
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1908
  3. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1863

Historical events

Birthday July 19, 1838

  • The temperature on July 19, 1838 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent betrokken winderig. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1838: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States.
    • February 17 » Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
    • June 10 » Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
    • June 28 » Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
    • September 3 » Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
    • November 3 » The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.

Day of marriage June 12, 1863

  • The temperature on June 12, 1863 was about 16.6 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
    • July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
    • August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
    • October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
    • November 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
    • November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.

Day of death April 18, 1908

  • The temperature on April 18, 1908 was between 2.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 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.
    • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
    • April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
    • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
    • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
    • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.


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Source: Wikipedia

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