Family tree Weening » Durk Henstra (1893-1972)

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.
    • January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
    • January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
    • 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.
    • September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
    • November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.

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.
    • June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
    • August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
    • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
    • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
    • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
    • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

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.
    • June 16 » The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
    • August 22 » Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
    • September 4 » Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
    • September 5 » Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
    • November 7 » US President Richard Nixon is re-elected President.
    • December 18 » Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.


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)
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Source: Wikipedia


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