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Personal data Gerben Wierstra 


Household of Gerben Wierstra

He is married to Dieuwke Hoekstra.

They got married on May 19, 1900 at Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 3


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerben Wierstra

Gerben Douwes Wierstra
1824-1909
Sytske Jelkes de Vries
1822-1909

Gerben Wierstra
1877-1966

1900

Dieuwke Hoekstra
1876-1955

Wytske Wierstra
1901-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1877, Ferwerderadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1966, Ferwerderadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1900, Ferwerderadeel

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Historical events

Birthday October 21, 1877

  • The temperature on October 21, 1877 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
    • March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
    • May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
    • May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
    • July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
    • December 10 » Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.

Day of marriage May 19, 1900

  • The temperature on May 19, 1900 was about 9.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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.
    • February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
    • April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
    • April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
    • May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
    • 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.
    • December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.

Day of death January 31, 1966

  • The temperature on January 31, 1966 was between 6.5 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 12.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
    • February 4 » All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
    • June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
    • July 6 » Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
    • August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
    • August 23 » Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
    • November 8 » Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.


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