Family tree Weening » Jeltje Kootstra (1901-1974)
Personal data Jeltje Kootstra
- She was born on August 5, 1901 in Drachten, gem. Smallingerland (Fr).Source 1
- She died on May 12, 1974 in -, she was 72 years old.Source 2
- She is buried in Eestrum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel (Fr).
- A child of Gjalt Kootstra and Atje de Boer
- This information was last updated on October 14, 2023.
Household of Jeltje Kootstra
(1) She is married to Jan Claus.
They got married on May 25, 1923 at Smallingerland (Fr), she was 21 years old.Source 3
The couple were divorced from January 31, 1931 at Leeuwarden (Fr).
(2) She is married to Oeble Vries.
They got married on July 22, 1937 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 35 years old.Source 4
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Sources
Geboorteregister 1901, Smallingerland
https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/568100/kootstra
Huwelijksregister 1923, Smallingerland
Huwelijksregister 1937, Tietjerksteradeel
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Birthday August 5, 1901
- The temperature on August 5, 1901 was between 13.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1901: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
- August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
- August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
- September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
- October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
- November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
Day of marriage July 22, 1937
- The temperature on July 22, 1937 was between 12.5 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- 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 1937: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
- May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
- June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
- August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
- November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
- December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
Day of death May 12, 1974
- The temperature on May 12, 1974 was between 4.2 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
- January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
- January 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
- March 29 » NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
- April 3 » The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
- July 27 » Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
- July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
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