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Personal data Willem Kerkstra 


Household of Willem Kerkstra

He is married to Jantje Loonstra.

They got married on May 19, 1894 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Douwe Kerkstra  1899-1987 

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1863, Oostdongeradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1934, Oostdongeradeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1894, Oostdongeradeel

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Historical events

Birthday July 26, 1863

  • The temperature on July 26, 1863 was about 15.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
    • July 4 » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas.
    • September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
    • September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
    • October 26 » The Football Association is founded.
    • November 25 » American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.

Day of marriage May 19, 1894

  • The temperature on May 19, 1894 was about 9.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
    • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
    • May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
    • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
    • September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
    • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

Day of death March 29, 1934

  • The temperature on March 29, 1934 was between 1.3 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
    • April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
    • September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
    • October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
    • December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
    • December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.


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