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Personal data Jan Poelstra 


Household of Jan Poelstra

He is married to Jantje Haitsma.

They got married on May 29, 1909 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Tietia Poelstra  1909-1910
  2. Johannes Poelstra  1911-1912
  3. Tietia Poelstra  1915-2008
  4. Froukje Poelstra  1919-2003
  5. Johannes Poelstra  1920-1986
  6. (Not public)
  7. (Not public)

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1884, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1965
  3. Huwelijksregister 1909, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday November 20, 1884

  • The temperature on November 20, 1884 was about 5.9 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.

Day of marriage May 29, 1909

  • The temperature on May 29, 1909 was between 8.1 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
    • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
    • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
    • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
    • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
    • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Day of death November 21, 1965

  • The temperature on November 21, 1965 was between -2.5 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • January 9 » The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
    • February 15 » A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
    • March 5 » March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
    • March 21 » Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
    • July 16 » The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
    • August 6 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.


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Source: Wikipedia

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