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Personal data Sytze Veenstra 


Household of Sytze Veenstra

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Janke Boonstra) is also his cousin.

He is married to Janke Boonstra.

They got married on January 6, 1894 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Sije Veenstra  1895-1979 
  2. Jitske Veenstra  1896-1991
  3. Grietje Veenstra  1897-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1863, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1939, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1894, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday July 4, 1863

  • The temperature on July 4, 1863 was about 12.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
    • January 11 » American Civil War: CSSAlabama encounters and sinks the USSHatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
    • July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
    • July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
    • September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
    • September 16 » Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.

Day of marriage January 6, 1894

  • The temperature on January 6, 1894 was about -6.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
    • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
    • March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
    • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
    • May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
    • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.

Day of death March 5, 1939

  • The temperature on March 5, 1939 was between 6.2 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
    • March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
    • March 15 » Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day.
    • March 16 » From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
    • August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
    • November 8 » Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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