Family tree Weening » Liekele Veenstra (1896-1960)
Personal data Liekele Veenstra
- He was born on September 10, 1896 in Drachten, gem. Smallingerland (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: veehouder.
- He died on March 26, 1960 in -, he was 63 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Opende, gem. Grootegast (Gr).
- A child of Durk Joukes Veenstra and Siemkjen Foppes de Haan
- This information was last updated on August 5, 2024.
Household of Liekele Veenstra
(1) He is married to Geertje van Houten.
They got married on June 3, 1921 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 3
(2) He is married to Wibbigje Schippers.
They got married on March 1, 1924 at Smallingerland (Fr), he was 27 years old.Source 4
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Sources
Geboorteregister 1896, Smallingerland
http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/37009/veenstra
Huwelijksregister 1921, Smallingerland
Huwelijksregister 1924, Smallingerland
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Birthday September 10, 1896
- The temperature on September 10, 1896 was about 17.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
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- July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
- November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
- December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
Day of marriage March 1, 1924
- The temperature on March 1, 1924 was between -1.1 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (54%). 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
- February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
- April 1 » The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
- July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
- July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
- November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
- December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
Day of death March 26, 1960
- The temperature on March 26, 1960 was between 5.0 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
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