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Personal data Wiebren Veenstra 


Household of Wiebren Veenstra

He is married to Anna Bos.

They got married on September 18, 1897 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 21 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Janke Veenstra  1898-1977 
  2. Fokke Veenstra  1900-1901
  3. Martje Veenstra  1901-1970
  4. Fokke Veenstra  1904-1905
  5. Fokke Veenstra  1906-1955
  7. Anne Veenstra  1911-
  8. Hendrik Veenstra  1913-1966
  9. Sije Veenstra  1915-1958

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wiebren Veenstra

Wybren Fokkes Veenstra
1816-1883
Tjitske Fokkes Hamstra
± 1814-1872
Anne Geerts Laanstra
1822-1874
Tjitske Klazes Helder
1813-1884

Wiebren Veenstra
1875-1959

1897

Anna Bos
1876-1945

Janke Veenstra
1898-1977
Fokke Veenstra
1900-1901
Martje Veenstra
1901-1970
Fokke Veenstra
1904-1905
Fokke Veenstra
1906-1955
Willem Veenstra
1909-????
Anne Veenstra
1911-????
Hendrik Veenstra
1913-1966
Sije Veenstra
1915-1958

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1875, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1959, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/303775/veenstra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1897, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday October 5, 1875

  • The temperature on October 5, 1875 was about 13.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 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)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
    • March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
    • May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
    • May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
    • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
    • September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.

Day of marriage September 18, 1897

  • The temperature on September 18, 1897 was about 11.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
    • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
    • June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
    • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
    • September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.

Day of death January 11, 1959

  • The temperature on January 11, 1959 was between -3.8 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
    • April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
    • June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
    • July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
    • August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
    • November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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