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Personal data Houkjen Veenstra 


Household of Houkjen Veenstra

She is married to Willem van der Meer.

They got married on May 16, 1918 at Wisch (Gd), she was 22 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. Waatze van der Meer  1920-1959
  3. (Not public)
  4. (Not public)
  5. Houkjen van der Meer  ± 1928-1928
  6. (Not public)

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Historical events

Birthday July 28, 1895

  • The temperature on July 28, 1895 was about 18.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
    • June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
    • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
    • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
    • November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
    • November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.

Day of marriage May 16, 1918

  • The temperature on May 16, 1918 was between 9.4 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • February 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
    • May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
    • August 13 » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
    • October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
    • November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
    • December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

Day of death October 1, 1970

  • The temperature on October 1, 1970 was between 9.7 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
    • March 31 » Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
    • April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
    • April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
    • April 29 » Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
    • October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
    • November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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