Family tree Weening » Folkert Poelstra (1863-1932)

Personal data Folkert Poelstra 


Household of Folkert Poelstra

(1) He is married to Rikstje Koopmans.

They got married on May 14, 1891 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Antje Poelstra  1893-????


(2) He is married to Trientje Warris.

They got married on May 15, 1915 at Zuidlaren (Dr), he was 51 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Folkert Poelstra

Jakob Douwes Poelstra
1804-1846
Lutske Hendriks Kuipers
1809-1885
Folkert Lammerts van der Wal
1800-1853
Sytske Oeges Schuitema
1798-1870

Folkert Poelstra
1863-1932

(1) 1891

Rikstje Koopmans
1870-1914

Antje Poelstra
1893-????
(2) 1915

Trientje Warris
1868-1942


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1863, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister Zuidlaren, 1932
  3. Huwelijksregister 1891, Achtkarspelen
  4. Huwelijksregister Zuidlaren, 1915

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Historical events

Birthday November 29, 1863

  • The temperature on November 29, 1863 was about -2.1 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
    • July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
    • August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
    • September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
    • October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
    • November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

Day of marriage May 15, 1915

  • The temperature on May 15, 1915 was between 0.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
    • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
    • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
    • August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
    • August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.
    • October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

Day of death April 2, 1932

  • The temperature on April 2, 1932 was between 2.3 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped.
    • March 19 » The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
    • May 29 » World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
    • July 17 » Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
    • September 17 » A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
    • December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.


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