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Personal data Jan Hofstra 


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.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
    • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
    • November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

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 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
    • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
    • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
    • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
    • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
    • 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 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
    • April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
    • May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
    • May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
    • August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
    • November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.


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