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Household of Jan Hofstra

He is married to Harmina Johanna Fricke.

They got married on December 28, 1903 at Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 25 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Hofstra

Eye Jans de Vries
1817-1888
Trientje Jacobs Kloosterman
1821-1871

Jan Hofstra
1878-1955

1903

Harmina Johanna Fricke
1881-1950


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1878
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  3. Huwelijksregister 1903, Leeuwarden

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Historical events

Birthday January 8, 1878

  • The temperature on January 8, 1878 was about 1.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
    • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
    • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

Day of marriage December 28, 1903

  • The temperature on December 28, 1903 was between -4.9 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (77%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
    • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
    • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
    • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
    • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
    • October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.

Day of death August 3, 1955

  • The temperature on August 3, 1955 was between 13.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 12.4 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
    • June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
    • August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
    • September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
    • September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
    • October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.


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