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Personal data Willem Hekstra 


Household of Willem Hekstra

He is married to Froukje van der Meer.

They got married on May 15, 1897 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Antje Hekstra  1897-1898

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Hekstra

Jacob Wybes Hekstra
± 1805-1861
Eeuwkje Andries Westra
1809-1894
Willem Deknatel
1798-1846
Sjoukje Sytzes Zondervan
1805-1882

Willem Hekstra
1869-1898

1897

Froukje van der Meer
1873-1957

Antje Hekstra
1897-1898

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1869, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1898, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1897, Smallingerland

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Historical events

Birthday May 20, 1869

  • The temperature on May 20, 1869 was about 14.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
    • August 2 » Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
    • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
    • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
    • November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
    • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

Day of marriage May 15, 1897

  • The temperature on May 15, 1897 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
    • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
    • May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
    • August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
    • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

Day of death August 22, 1898

  • The temperature on August 22, 1898 was about 23.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
    • July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
    • August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
    • August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
    • October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
    • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.


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