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Personal data Sjoerd Veenstra 


Household of Sjoerd Veenstra

He is married to Tjitske van der Meer.

They got married on December 31, 1903 at Opsterland (Fr), he was 40 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  2. Luitzen Veenstra  1907-1997

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1863, Smallingerland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1947, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1903, Opsterland

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Historical events

Birthday September 3, 1863

  • The temperature on September 3, 1863 was about 15.8 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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.
    • January 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
    • April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
    • May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
    • June 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia.
    • September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
    • October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Day of marriage December 31, 1903

  • The temperature on December 31, 1903 was between -7.2 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (55%). 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 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
    • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
    • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
    • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
    • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
    • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Day of death February 16, 1947

  • The temperature on February 16, 1947 was between -8.6 °C and -4.9 °C and averaged -6.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
    • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
    • March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
    • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
    • October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
    • October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.


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