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Personal data Geertje Boonstra 


Household of Geertje Boonstra

She is married to Sipke Steensma.

They got married on September 18, 1940 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 24 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertje Boonstra

Jan Jans Boonstra
1842-1921
Hendrikje Kornelis van der Veen
1844-1909
Albert Tjipkes Sikkema
1850-1885
Trijntje Gerrits Wymenga
1856-1930
Minke Sikkema
1879-1955

Geertje Boonstra
1916-1997

1940

Sipke Steensma
1915-1976


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Sources

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  2. https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/1904256/3041941/Geertje-Boonstra-1916-1997
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Historical events

Birthday August 30, 1916

  • The temperature on August 30, 1916 was between 12.5 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 18.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
    • July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
    • July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
    • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
    • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
    • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

Day of marriage September 18, 1940

  • The temperature on September 18, 1940 was between 11.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • January 19 » You Nazty Spy!, the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.
    • April 9 » World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
    • May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
    • July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
    • November 7 » In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
    • December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.

Day of death May 14, 1997

  • The temperature on May 14, 1997 was between 5.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
    • May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
    • May 15 » The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
    • September 11 » After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
    • September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
    • November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
    • December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.


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