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Personal data Jan Veenstra 


Household of Jan Veenstra

He is married to Aukje Hoekstra.

They got married on August 16, 1913 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 27 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Getje Veenstra  1913-1954
  2. Riemke Veenstra  1914-2013
  3. Lijsbert Veenstra  1916-2008

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1885, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1957, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/125709/veenstra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1913, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday October 19, 1885

  • The temperature on October 19, 1885 was about 8.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
    • April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
    • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
    • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
    • September 2 » Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
    • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

Day of marriage August 16, 1913

  • The temperature on August 16, 1913 was between 10.5 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
    • March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
    • March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
    • April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
    • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
    • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.

Day of death October 2, 1957

  • The temperature on October 2, 1957 was between 1.6 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • March 9 » The 8.6 Mw  Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
    • March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
    • May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
    • October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
    • October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
    • December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.


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