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Personal data Durk Falkena 


Household of Durk Falkena

He is married to Tietje Stienstra.

They got married on April 17, 1930 at Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Durk Falkena

Durk Falkena
1908-1969

1930

Tietje Stienstra
1908-1989


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1908
  2. https://www.familysearch.org
  3. Huwelijksregister 1930, Wymbritseradeel

Historical events

Birthday February 22, 1908

  • The temperature on February 22, 1908 was between 4.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
    • January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
    • February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
    • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
    • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
    • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.

Day of marriage April 17, 1930

  • The temperature on April 17, 1930 was between 5.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
    • April 2 » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
    • June 17 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
    • August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
    • September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
    • December 2 » Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million (equivalent to $2,296,000,000 in 2019) public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.


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Source: Wikipedia


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