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Personal data Douwe Oostra 


Household of Douwe Oostra

He is married to Angenietje Hofsteenge.

They got married on May 30, 1885 at Grijpskerk (Gr), he was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Fokke Oostra  1888-1974 

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1863
  2. Overlijdensregister 1934, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister Grijpskerk 1885

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Historical events

Birthday November 5, 1863

  • The temperature on November 5, 1863 was about 7.6 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the 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.
    • March 30 » Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
    • July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
    • August 8 » American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
    • September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
    • October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
    • 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 30, 1885

  • The temperature on May 30, 1885 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
    • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
    • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
    • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
    • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
    • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

Day of death July 28, 1934

  • The temperature on July 28, 1934 was between 13.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
    • May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
    • July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
    • July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
    • September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
    • October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.


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