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Personal data Gerben Douwes Veenstra 


Household of Gerben Douwes Veenstra

(1) He is married to Martje Sjoerds van der Meer.

They got married on May 18, 1878 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Maria Veenstra  1880-1948


(2) He is married to Sjoerdtje Sjoerds van der Meer.

They got married on December 9, 1882 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 31 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Douwe Veenstra  1883-1961 
  2. Sjoerd Veenstra  1886-1971 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerben Douwes Veenstra

Gerben Douwes Veenstra
± 1793-1870
Mekke Joekes Veenstra
± 1800-1875
Jan Geerts Adema
± 1802-1879
Duifke Jozephs Numan
1797-1851

Gerben Douwes Veenstra
1851-1896

(1) 1878

Martje Sjoerds van der Meer
1854-1882

Maria Veenstra
1880-1948
(2) 1882

Sjoerdtje Sjoerds van der Meer
1858-1939

Douwe Veenstra
1883-1961
Sjoerd Veenstra
1886-1971

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1851, Smallingerland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1896, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1878, Smallingerland
  4. Huwelijksregister 1882, Smallingerland

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Historical events

Birthday February 26, 1851

  • The temperature on February 26, 1851 was about -1.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
    • April 2 » Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
    • May 21 » Slavery in Colombia is abolished.
    • September 15 » Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.
    • November 9 » Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
    • December 22 » India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.

Day of marriage December 9, 1882

  • The temperature on December 9, 1882 was about 2.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
    • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
    • April 3 » American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.
    • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
    • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
    • September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.

Day of death February 28, 1896

  • The temperature on February 28, 1896 was about 4.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
    • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
    • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
    • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
    • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
    • November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.


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