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Personal data Grietje Veenstra 


Household of Grietje Veenstra

(1) She is married to Marten Feringa.

They got married on July 21, 1894 at Leek (Gr), she was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Trientje Feringa  1894-1944 


(2) She is married to Gelte van Dijk.

They got married on October 31, 1903 at Leek (Gr), she was 30 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Bontje van Dijk  1905-1967
  2. Arend Harm van Dijk  1912-1915

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Veenstra

Egbert Sipkes Veenstra
± 1792-1854
Tetje Lijkels Nieuwholt
-1830
Evert Fransen Drent
1805-1852
Grietje Ebels van Wijk
1805-1849
Bontje Drent
1836-1908

Grietje Veenstra
1873-1939

(1) 1894

Marten Feringa
1865-1896

Trientje Feringa
1894-1944
(2) 1903

Gelte van Dijk
1877-1955

Bontje van Dijk
1905-1967
Arend Harm van Dijk
1912-1915

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Leek 1873
  2. Overlijdensregister Marum 1939
  3. Huwelijksregister Leek 1894
  4. Huwelijksregister Leek 1903

Historical events

Birthday January 26, 1873

  • The temperature on January 26, 1873 was about -1.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
    • February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
    • March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
    • June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
    • August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
    • August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.

Day of marriage October 31, 1903

  • The temperature on October 31, 1903 was between 3.4 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (59%). 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.
    • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
    • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
    • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
    • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
    • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
    • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Day of death May 18, 1939

  • The temperature on May 18, 1939 was between 4.8 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
    • March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
    • May 22 » World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
    • August 15 » The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
    • September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
    • December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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