Family tree Weening » Grietje Spoelstra (1865-1938)

Personal data Grietje Spoelstra 


Household of Grietje Spoelstra

She is married to Jan Veenstra.

They got married on May 24, 1890 at Smallingerland (Fr), she was 25 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Antje Veenstra  1891-1952

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Spoelstra

Louw Hendriks Spoelstra
± 1802-1865
Grietje Reinders Kemp
± 1801-1853
Libbe Molles Postma
1797-1854
Margareta Teyes Lasker
1812-1893

Grietje Spoelstra
1865-1938

1890

Jan Veenstra
1864-1932

Antje Veenstra
1891-1952

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1865, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1938, Smallingerland
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/113708/spoelstra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1890, Smallingerland

Historical events

Birthday May 18, 1865

  • The temperature on May 18, 1865 was about 19.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
    • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
    • March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
    • April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
    • May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
    • December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.

Day of marriage May 24, 1890

  • The temperature on May 24, 1890 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
    • March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
    • April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
    • September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
    • October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
    • November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.

Day of death December 11, 1938

  • The temperature on December 11, 1938 was between 5.3 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
    • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
    • June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
    • July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
    • July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
    • September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
    • October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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