Family tree Weening » Gerke "Gerrett" Veenstra (1877-1962)

Personal data Gerke "Gerrett" Veenstra 


Household of Gerke "Gerrett" Veenstra

(1) He is married to Lena Ruster.

They got married in the year 1901, he was 23 years old.


(2) He is married to Johanna B Goossen.

They got married in the year 1942, he was 64 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerke Veenstra

Sierd Melles Veenstra
1812-1900
Hendrikje Gerkes van Hielkema
1814-1849
Klaas Oebeles Sipma
1800-1881
Degina Hermanus Wondaal
1801-1860

Gerke Veenstra
1877-1962

(1) 1901

Lena Ruster
1880-1941

(2) 1942

Johanna B Goossen
1893-1975


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1877, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/234271922/gerrett-melle-veenstra

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Historical events

Birthday March 14, 1877

  • The temperature on March 14, 1877 was about 6.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
    • May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
    • June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
    • July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
    • September 5 » American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
    • October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.

Day of death January 6, 1962

  • The temperature on January 6, 1962 was between 0.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
    • June 7 » The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.
    • July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
    • September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
    • November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
    • December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.


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