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Personal data Durk Henstra 


Household of Durk Henstra

He is married to Froukje Bruinsma.

They got married on May 16, 1914 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Ruurd Henstra  1914-1915
  2. Ruurd Henstra  1915-1980
  3. Dirk Henstra  1917-1970
  4. Douwe Henstra  1919-1919
  5. Doutzen Henstra  1922-1989

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1893, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/277917/henstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1914, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday March 6, 1893

  • The temperature on March 6, 1893 was about 5.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
    • August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
    • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
    • November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
    • December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.

Day of marriage May 16, 1914

  • The temperature on May 16, 1914 was between 4.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
    • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
    • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
    • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
    • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
    • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Day of death November 15, 1972

  • The temperature on November 15, 1972 was between -0.2 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • April 13 » Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
    • April 16 » Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
    • May 4 » The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
    • May 15 » In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become president.
    • September 29 » China–Japan relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
    • September 30 » Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1892 » Bert Smith, English international footballer, right half († 1969)
  • 1893 » Ella P. Stewart, pioneering Black American pharmacist († 1987)
  • 1893 » Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
  • 1895 » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest and historian († 1976)
  • 1898 » Gus Sonnenberg, American football player and wrestler († 1944)

Source: Wikipedia


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