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Personal data Fokke Veenstra 


Household of Fokke Veenstra

He is married to Grietje Heuker.

They got married on May 19, 1894 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Wietske Veenstra  1896-1902
  2. Sapke Veenstra  1899-1980

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Fokke Veenstra

Hendrik Jacobs Veenstra
± 1782-1847
Lijske Stijntje Tunnis
1794-1880
Fokke Lammerts Mellema
1805-1856
Sjoukje Boukes van der Velde
1811-1873
Jan Veenstra
1835-1912

Fokke Veenstra
1870-1949

1894

Grietje Heuker
1868-1920

Wietske Veenstra
1896-1902
Sapke Veenstra
1899-1980

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Marum 1870
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1949
  3. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1894

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Historical events

Birthday January 1, 1870

  • The temperature on January 1, 1870 was about 5.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
    • February 15 » Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
    • March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
    • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
    • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
    • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

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.
    • January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
    • March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
    • March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
    • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
    • November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.

Day of death January 23, 1949

  • The temperature on January 23, 1949 was between -2.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • January 1 » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
    • March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
    • April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
    • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
    • August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
    • October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.


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