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Household of Willem Eelkes Veenstra

He is married to Jitske Ruward.

They got married on May 14, 1910 at Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 33 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Eelkes Veenstra

Willem Hendriks Veenstra
1807-1874
Pietje Alderts de Wilde
1812-1878
Harm Pieters Veenstra
1812-1895
Jantje Hendriks Koning
1815-1855

Willem Eelkes Veenstra
1877-1968

1910

Jitske Ruward
1887-1980


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1877, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/124169/veenstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1910, Leeuwarden

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Historical events

Birthday January 10, 1877

  • The temperature on January 10, 1877 was about 3.9 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-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)
  • 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 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 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
    • March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
    • April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
    • May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
    • May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
    • September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.

Day of marriage May 14, 1910

  • The temperature on May 14, 1910 was between 6.1 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
    • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
    • August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
    • September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
    • 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 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
    • November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.

Day of death February 2, 1968

  • The temperature on February 2, 1968 was between 1.3 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
    • March 12 » Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
    • June 11 » Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
    • July 20 » The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
    • August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
    • October 26 » Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy pilots Soyuz 3 into space for a four-day mission.
    • November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.


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