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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.
    • February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
    • June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
    • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
    • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
    • December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
    • December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

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.
    • February 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
    • February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
    • March 23 » The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
    • July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
    • October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
    • November 7 » In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.

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.
    • March 26 » Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
    • May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    • June 10 » Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
    • June 30 » The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
    • July 22 » The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
    • August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.


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