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Personal data Hendrik Jans Hofstra 


Household of Hendrik Jans Hofstra

(1) He is married to Martje Eyes de Vries.

They got married on May 4, 1877 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Hofstra  1878-1955
  2. Katharina Hofstra  1880-????
  3. Gezina Hofstra  1882-1949 
  4. Yeje Hofstra  1884-????


(2) He is married to Maaike Veenstra.

They got married on April 28, 1894 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 41 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hendrik Jans Hofstra

Hendrik Jans Hofstra
1852-1938

(1) 1877

Martje Eyes de Vries
1856-1890

Jan Hofstra
1878-1955
Katharina Hofstra
1880-????
Gezina Hofstra
1882-1949
Yeje Hofstra
1884-????
(2) 1894

Maaike Veenstra
1865-1943


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1852, Opsterland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1938, Dokkum
  3. Huwelijksregister 1877, Achtkarspelen
  4. Huwelijksregister 1894, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday August 12, 1852

  • The temperature on August 12, 1852 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen . Special wheather fenomena: storm(achtig). Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1852: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 14 » Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
    • March 1 » Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
    • March 20 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
    • May 29 » Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
    • September 19 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
    • September 24 » The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27km) from Paris to Trappes.

Day of marriage April 28, 1894

  • The temperature on April 28, 1894 was about 12.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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.
    • March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
    • May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
    • May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
    • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
    • July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
    • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

Day of death May 6, 1938

  • The temperature on May 6, 1938 was between 4.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
    • May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
    • June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
    • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
    • November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
    • November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.


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