Family tree Weening » Gerrit Boonstra (1880-1972)

Personal data Gerrit Boonstra 


Household of Gerrit Boonstra

He is married to Aaltje Wedman.

They got married on October 26, 1905 at Opsterland (Fr), he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Boonstra  ± 1915-

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Boonstra

Jan Ruurds Boonstra
± 1810-1880
Elske Wiegers Delfstra
1816-1899
Albertus Gerrits Ringenaldus
1812-1902
Klare Feddes Douma
1813-1899

Gerrit Boonstra
1880-1972

1905

Aaltje Wedman
1884-1969

Anna Boonstra
± 1915-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1880, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/98568/boonstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1905, Opsterland

Historical events

Birthday October 23, 1880

  • The temperature on October 23, 1880 was about 1.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
    • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
    • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
    • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
    • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

Day of marriage October 26, 1905

  • The temperature on October 26, 1905 was between -5.4 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
    • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
    • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
    • October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
    • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
    • December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

Day of death January 20, 1972

  • The temperature on January 20, 1972 was between -1.3 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain during 12.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • January 11 » East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
    • February 1 » Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
    • March 30 » Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
    • May 2 » In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.
    • August 22 » Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
    • December 11 » Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.


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Source: Wikipedia

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