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Household of Gerben Leegsma

He is married to Doetje Veenstra.

They got married on May 29, 1941 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerben Leegsma

Willem Rinderts Leegsma
1850-1930
Doetje Jakobs Iestra
1858-1946
Harm Alzerda
1852-1935
Antje Wybes Dijkstra
1857-1935

Gerben Leegsma
1915-1998

1941

Doetje Veenstra
1914-2006


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Historical events

Birthday April 6, 1915

  • The temperature on April 6, 1915 was between 3.7 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
    • April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
    • April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
    • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
    • August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
    • October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

Day of marriage May 29, 1941

  • The temperature on May 29, 1941 was between 9.8 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • February 4 » The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
    • March 2 » World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.
    • April 17 » World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
    • May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
    • May 31 » Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
    • November 1 » American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.

Day of death May 7, 1998

  • The temperature on May 7, 1998 was between 10.0 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
    • May 2 » The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
    • May 21 » In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker.
    • August 7 » Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
    • August 10 » HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
    • September 4 » Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
    • November 26 » Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.


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