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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
  6. Doutzen Henstra  1922-1989
  7. Pieter Henstra  1923-1923
  8. (Not public)
  9. Elske Henstra  1926-2013
  10. Pieter Henstra  1930-1931

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Sources

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

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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.
    • June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
    • July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
    • 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.
    • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
    • 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.
    • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
    • August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
    • August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
    • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
    • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
    • December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

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.
    • January 4 » Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.
    • January 11 » East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
    • March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
    • 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.
    • December 23 » A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
    • December 26 » Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 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)
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Source: Wikipedia


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