Family tree Weening » Jan Johannes Veenstra (1851-1922)
Personal data Jan Johannes Veenstra
- He was born on November 8, 1851 in Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- Occupations:
- boerenknecht.
- molenaar.
- He died on March 7, 1922 in Garijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel (Fr), he was 70 years old.Source 2
- A child of Johannes Veenstra and Maaike Jans Veenstra
- This information was last updated on July 10, 2024.
Household of Jan Johannes Veenstra
(1) He is married to Antje Sanders Haagsma.
They got married on May 11, 1877 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 25 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Alexander Veenstra 1877-1959
- Johannes Veenstra 1879-1880
- Koop Veenstra 1884-1885
- Koop Veenstra 1886-1886
- Koop Veenstra 1888-1912
(2) He is married to Trijntje Klazes de Jong.
They got married on November 12, 1904 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 53 years old.Source 4
Child(ren):
- Ymkje Veenstra 1905-
- Gerrit Veenstra 1906-
- Grietje Veenstra 1907-
- Klaas Veenstra 1909-1910
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Historical events
Birthday November 8, 1851
- The temperature on November 8, 1851 was about 1.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 1851: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- March 11 » The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
- May 1 » Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.
- May 15 » The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
- June 5 » Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
- November 13 » The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.
- November 14 » Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
Day of marriage November 12, 1904
- The temperature on November 12, 1904 was between 7.5 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
- February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
- April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
- June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
- June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
- December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
Day of death March 7, 1922
- The temperature on March 7, 1922 was between 3.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
- April 3 » Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- May 10 » The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
- July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
- August 2 » A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
- September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
- October 27 » A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
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