Family tree Weening » Geertje Stienstra (1878-1953)
Personal data Geertje Stienstra
- She was born on September 8, 1878 in Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 1
- She died on October 12, 1953 in Munnekezijl, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr), she was 75 years old.Source 2
- A child of Jannes Thomas Stienstra and Emke Gerbrands Goudberg
- This information was last updated on August 3, 2023.
Household of Geertje Stienstra
She is married to Gerben Roorda.
They got married on July 7, 1900 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 21 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Grietje Roorda 1902-
- Jannes Roorda 1909-1979
- Johanna Roorda 1911-1911
- Johanna Roorda 1912-1912
- Gjalt Roorda 1913-1978
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Historical events
Birthday September 8, 1878
- The temperature on September 8, 1878 was about 16.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
- February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
- May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
- June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
- October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
- December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Day of marriage July 7, 1900
- The temperature on July 7, 1900 was about 13.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 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)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
- February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
- May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
- June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
- June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
- December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of death October 12, 1953
- The temperature on October 12, 1953 was between 3.8 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
- March 3 » A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
- May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
- May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
- September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
- September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
- November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
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