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Personal data Foekje Beerstra 


Household of Foekje Beerstra

She is married to Jan Steringa.

They got married on May 23, 1931 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 25 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Foekje Beerstra

Louw Sakes Beerstra
1827-1889
Foekje Hendriks Stienstra
1819-1897
Jan Hylkes Henstra
1839-1904
Lolkjen Lippes Poelstra
1841-1912
Sake Beerstra
1861-1960

Foekje Beerstra
1905-1997

1931

Jan Steringa
1904-2002


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1905, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/83918/beerstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1931, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday August 17, 1905

  • The temperature on August 17, 1905 was between 9.2 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
    • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
    • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

Day of marriage May 23, 1931

  • The temperature on May 23, 1931 was between 4.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
    • March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
    • March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
    • March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
    • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
    • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.

Day of death November 11, 1997

  • The temperature on November 11, 1997 was between 5.2 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
    • March 22 » Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
    • April 29 » The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
    • May 25 » A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
    • July 1 » China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
    • July 10 » In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
    • August 29 » At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1900 » Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer († 1957)
  • 1904 » Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist († 1991)
  • 1904 » Mary Cain, American journalist and politician († 1984)
  • 1909 » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1985)
  • 1909 » Wilf Copping, English footballer († 1980)

Source: Wikipedia


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