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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gepke Poelstra

Roel Rienks Poelstra
1840-1901
Hiltje Feikes Boonstra
1850-1910
Jochum Sipkes Loonstra
1838-1906
Jitske van der Veen
1839-1919

Gepke Poelstra
1910-1993


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1910, Achtkarspelen
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  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/626102/poelstra

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Historical events

Birthday November 25, 1910

  • The temperature on November 25, 1910 was between -4.3 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
    • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
    • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
    • November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
    • November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
    • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).

Christening day May 5, 1912

  • The temperature on May 5, 1912 was between 4.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
    • January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
    • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
    • September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
    • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

Day of death April 30, 1993

  • The temperature on April 30, 1993 was between 13.9 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
    • January 2 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35–100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
    • February 8 » An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide in mid-air near Qods, Iran, killing all 133 people on board both aircraft.
    • April 8 » The Republic of North Macedonia joins the United Nations.
    • July 25 » The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
    • August 1 » The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
    • September 21 » Russian President Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the constitution.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1907 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot († 1938)
  • 1908 » Natyaguru Nurul Momen, Bangladeshi playwright, author, educator, director and media personality († 1990)
  • 1909 » P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator († 1986)
  • 1911 » Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer († 1984)
  • 1913 » Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and educator († 1993)

Source: Wikipedia


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