Family tree Weening » Jan Gerkes Veenstra (1861-1938)

Personal data Jan Gerkes Veenstra 


Household of Jan Gerkes Veenstra

He is married to Elizabeth Joukes Bosma.

They got married on May 13, 1886 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Gerke Veenstra  1888-1966 
  2. Grietje Veenstra  1890-1942
  3. Tjitske Veenstra  1897-1973 

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1861, Tietjerksteradee
  2. Overlijdensregister 1938, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/131382/veenstra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1886, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday February 13, 1861

  • The temperature on February 13, 1861 was about -2.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
    • March 19 » The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
    • May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
    • July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
    • September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
    • December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.

Day of marriage May 13, 1886

  • The temperature on May 13, 1886 was about 17.3 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
    • March 27 » Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
    • April 8 » William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
    • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
    • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
    • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.

Day of death June 22, 1938

  • The temperature on June 22, 1938 was between 8.3 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
    • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
    • June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
    • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
    • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1940 » Monty Noble, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1873)
  • 1942 » August Froehlich, German priest and activist (b. 1891)

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