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Household of Wessel Hoekstra

He is married to Grietje Nicolai.

They got married on May 30, 1896 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 32 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wessel Hoekstra

Pieter Gerbens Hoekstra
1774-1842
Eelkje Reins de Jong
± 1775-1851
Jan Wessels de Roos
1786-1861
Akke Brants Brantsma
± 1789-1859

Wessel Hoekstra
1864-1940

1896

Grietje Nicolai
1868-1943


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1864, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1940, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1896, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday April 29, 1864

  • The temperature on April 29, 1864 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
    • May 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ends.
    • May 21 » Russia declares an end to the Russo-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is designated the Circassian Day of Mourning.
    • May 21 » The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
    • July 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
    • October 9 » American Civil War: Union cavalrymen defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.

Day of marriage May 30, 1896

  • The temperature on May 30, 1896 was about 13.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
    • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
    • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
    • June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
    • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
    • November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
    • December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

Day of death November 30, 1940

  • The temperature on November 30, 1940 was between -6.0 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • July 19 » World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
    • August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
    • August 25 » World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
    • October 1 » The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
    • November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
    • November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.


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