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Personal data Douwe Hoekstra 


Household of Douwe Hoekstra

He is married to Antje Merkus.

They got married on October 7, 1943 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 20 years old.Source 2

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Hoekstra

Jacob Reinders Hoekstra
1846-1916
Grietje Johannes Douma
1852-1918
Douwe Pieters Zijlstra
1836-1893
Eelkjen Tjiskes Boersma
1838-1914

Douwe Hoekstra
1923-2006

1943

Antje Merkus
1924-2022


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Sources

  1. https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/2015496/3222088/Douwe-Hoekstra-1923-2006
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Historical events

Birthday April 27, 1923

  • The temperature on April 27, 1923 was between -0.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
    • February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
    • April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
    • August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
    • September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
    • September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.

Day of marriage October 7, 1943

  • The temperature on October 7, 1943 was between 7.6 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
    • February 20 » The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.
    • March 13 » German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
    • July 19 » World War II: Rome is heavily bombed by more than 500 Allied aircraft, inflicting thousands of casualties.
    • October 13 » World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
    • November 6 » The 1st Ukrainian Front, led by general Nikolai Vatutin, liberates Kyiv from fascist occupation.

Day of death April 27, 2006

  • The temperature on April 27, 2006 was between 6.5 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
    • February 16 » The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
    • March 10 » The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
    • May 17 » The aircraft carrier USSOriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
    • June 5 » Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
    • December 30 » Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.


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