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Personal data Menke Bijlstra 


Household of Menke Bijlstra

She is married to Jan Laanstra.

They got married on September 22, 1917 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 19 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Sjoukje Laanstra  1918-1984

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Menke Bijlstra

Haye Feitzes Bijlstra
1811-1890
Sjoukjen Foppes Veenstra
1817-1891

Menke Bijlstra
1898-1979

1917

Jan Laanstra
1889-1982

Sjoukje Laanstra
1918-1984

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1898
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/238244/bijlstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1917, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday July 4, 1898

  • The temperature on July 4, 1898 was about 15.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
    • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
    • August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
    • August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
    • September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
    • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

Day of marriage September 22, 1917

  • The temperature on September 22, 1917 was between 8.3 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
    • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
    • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
    • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
    • November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
    • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Day of death June 21, 1979

  • The temperature on June 21, 1979 was between 12.0 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
    • April 4 » Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
    • May 30 » Downeast Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17.
    • July 3 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
    • July 16 » Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
    • October 27 » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.


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