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Personal data Hendrik Polstra 


Household of Hendrik Polstra

He is married to Wytske Jongsma.

They got married on August 10, 1901 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 23 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Bintje Polstra  1902-1974 
  2. Froukje Polstra  1905- 
  3. Taapke Polstra  1911-1987
  4. Antje Polstra  1919-1968

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hendrik Polstra

Berend Berends Polstra
± 1804-1885
Taapke Nutterts Meer
± 1806-1844
Pieter Hendriks de Haan
± 1805-1868
Bettje Johannes Bruinsma
± 1811-1853

Hendrik Polstra
1877-1959

1901

Wytske Jongsma
1878-1965

Bintje Polstra
1902-1974
Froukje Polstra
1905-????
Taapke Polstra
1911-1987
Antje Polstra
1919-1968

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1877, Smallingerland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1959, Smallingerland
  3. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/7666/polstra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1901, Smallingerland

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Historical events

Birthday August 24, 1877

  • The temperature on August 24, 1877 was about 16.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • 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 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
    • July 9 » The inaugural Wimbledon Championships begins.
    • July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
    • September 5 » American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
    • September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
    • December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

Day of marriage August 10, 1901

  • The temperature on August 10, 1901 was between 14.8 °C and 29.7 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (62%). 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.
    • January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
    • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
    • March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
    • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
    • November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
    • December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

Day of death January 16, 1959

  • The temperature on January 16, 1959 was between -7.1 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -3.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
    • July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
    • July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
    • July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
    • August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
    • August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.


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