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Personal data Marten Kerkstra 


Household of Marten Kerkstra

He is married to Grietje van der Veen.

They got married on October 14, 1903 at Ulrum (Gr), he was 25 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Marten Kerkstra

Okke Jans Kerkstra
1818-1909
Antje de Haan
1824-1871
Marten Jans Visser
1824-1891
Hilje Johannes Pilon
1825-1892
Jantje Visser
1852-1889

Marten Kerkstra
1878-1954

1903

Grietje van der Veen
1881-1969


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Ulrum 1878
  2. (Not public)
  3. Huwelijksregister Ulrum 1903

Historical events

Birthday January 11, 1878

  • The temperature on January 11, 1878 was about -4.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.

Day of marriage October 14, 1903

  • The temperature on October 14, 1903 was between 9.2 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
    • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
    • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
    • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
    • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
    • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.

Day of death November 24, 1954

  • The temperature on November 24, 1954 was between 4.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • February 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
    • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
    • March 19 » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, setting a record that remains unbroken.
    • April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
    • April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
    • October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.


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