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Personal data Minke Veenstra 


Household of Minke Veenstra

She is married to Fokke Jongsma.

They got married on August 24, 1889 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 23 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Riemkje Jongsma  1889-1966
  2. Elisabeth Jongsma  1891-1917 
  3. Johanna Jongsma  1893-????
  5. Jantje Jongsma  1895-1967
  6. Eit Jongsma  1896-1967 

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1866, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1928, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/238211/veenstra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1889, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday February 12, 1866

  • The temperature on February 12, 1866 was about 6.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
    • April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
    • May 16 » The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
    • July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
    • July 27 » The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
    • August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.

Day of marriage August 24, 1889

  • The temperature on August 24, 1889 was about 15.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
    • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
    • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
    • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
    • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
    • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Day of death August 27, 1928

  • The temperature on August 27, 1928 was between 13.9 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
    • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
    • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
    • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
    • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
    • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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