Family tree Weening » Geertje Boon (1861-1947)

Personal data Geertje Boon 


Household of Geertje Boon

She is married to Sjoerd Jans Veenstra.

They got married on May 16, 1885 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 23 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Veenstra  1886-???? 
  2. Tetje Veenstra  1887-1961 
  3. Berend Veenstra  1889-1959 
  4. Riemkje Veenstra  1891-1982
  5. Anna Veenstra  1894-1979 
  6. Harm Veenstra  1896-1976 
  7. Jelle Veenstra  1897-1986 
  8. Feike Veenstra  1898-1901
  9. Melle Veenstra  1900-1900
  10. Feike Veenstra  1901-1904
  11. Melle Veenstra  1903-1904

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Geertje Boon?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!


Timeline Geertje Boon

  This functionality is only available in Javascript supporting browsers.
Click on the names for more info. Symbols used: grootouders grandparents   ouders parents   broers-zussen brothers/sisters   kinderen children

Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertje Boon


With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).

Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1861
  2. Overlijdensregister 1947, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/238207/boon
  4. Huwelijksregister 1885, Achtkarspelen

Matches in other publications

This person also appears in the publication:

Historical events

Birthday July 30, 1861

  • The temperature on July 30, 1861 was about 22.0 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
    • March 17 » The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
    • April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
    • May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
    • September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
    • October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.

Day of marriage May 16, 1885

  • The temperature on May 16, 1885 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
    • April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
    • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
    • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
    • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
    • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

Day of death January 18, 1947

  • The temperature on January 18, 1947 was between 0.9 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (19%). 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
    • February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
    • April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
    • August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
    • November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
    • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Boon

  • View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Boon.
  • Check the information Open Archives has about Boon.
  • Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Boon.

The Family tree Weening publication was prepared by .contact the author
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Hans Weening, "Family tree Weening", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-weening/I32984.php : accessed October 14, 2026), "Geertje Boon (1861-1947)".