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Personal data Douwe Spoelstra 


Household of Douwe Spoelstra

She is married to Trijntje Koekkoek.

They got married on May 25, 1889 at Grijpskerk (Gr), she was 23 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Spoelstra

Jan Jans Spoelstra
1790-1843
Hiltje Rinzes Zijlstra
± 1797-1833
Jan Douwes Dam
1811-1877
Eeke Rienks Ekhart
1811-1902
Jantje Dam
1834-1918

Douwe Spoelstra
1865-1940

1889

Trijntje Koekkoek
1860-1949


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grijpskerk 1865
  2. Overlijdensregister Grijpskerk 1940
  3. Huwelijksregister Grijpskerk 1889

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Historical events

Birthday June 15, 1865

  • The temperature on June 15, 1865 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
    • April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
    • April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
    • May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
    • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
    • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.

Day of marriage May 25, 1889

  • The temperature on May 25, 1889 was about 17.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
    • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
    • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
    • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
    • November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
    • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Day of death February 19, 1940

  • The temperature on February 19, 1940 was between -3.5 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
    • 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.
    • April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
    • May 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
    • May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
    • September 19 » World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance movement.


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