Family tree Weening » Douwe Zijlstra (1882-1935)

Personal data Douwe Zijlstra 


Household of Douwe Zijlstra

He is married to Sjieuwke Plantinga.

They got married on May 13, 1905 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  2. Ytje Zijlstra  1907-2003
  3. Hiltje Zijlstra  1911-1999

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1882, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1935, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1905, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday September 16, 1882

  • The temperature on September 16, 1882 was about 14.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
    • April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
    • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
    • July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
    • August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
    • September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.

Day of marriage May 13, 1905

  • The temperature on May 13, 1905 was between 5.0 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
    • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
    • August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
    • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
    • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
    • November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

Day of death September 14, 1935

  • The temperature on September 14, 1935 was between 10.4 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • March 16 » Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
    • June 25 » Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
    • September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
    • November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
    • November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
    • December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1878 » Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator († 1961)
  • 1880 » Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright († 1958)
  • 1880 » Clara Ayres, American nurse († 1917)
  • 1881 » Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic († 1964)
  • 1883 » T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic († 1917)
  • 1886 » Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter († 1966)

Source: Wikipedia


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