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Personal data Jan Heidstra 


Household of Jan Heidstra

He is married to Grietje Elzinga.

They got married on April 20, 1939 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 39 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Heidstra

Yde Sytses Heidstra
1837-1913
Doetje Hermanus Visser
1835-1918
Mient Jans de Haan
1818-1875
Eelkje Geerts Kloosterman
1826-1908

Jan Heidstra
1900-1957

1939

Grietje Elzinga
1905-1978


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1900, Dantumadeel
  2. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/2281602/heidstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1939, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday February 4, 1900

  • The temperature on February 4, 1900 was about 1.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
    • January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
    • February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
    • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
    • May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
    • May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
    • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.

Day of marriage April 20, 1939

  • The temperature on April 20, 1939 was between 1.7 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (83%). 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
    • March 2 » Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
    • June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
    • September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
    • December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.
    • December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.

Day of death October 22, 1957

  • The temperature on October 22, 1957 was between 3.7 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
    • April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
    • July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
    • July 6 » John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
    • August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
    • September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.


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