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Household of Willem Dirks Veenstra

He is married to Betje Jans Meyer.

They got married on June 13, 1914 at Zwaagwesteinde, he was 27 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Dirks Veenstra

Willem Durks Veenstra
1822-1891
Wytske Hendriks Bouma
1825-1901
Klaas Douwes de Bruin
1815-1878
Geertje Jans de Roos
1815-1882

Willem Dirks Veenstra
1887-1960

1914

Betje Jans Meyer
1889-1958


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Historical events

Birthday May 7, 1887

  • The temperature on May 7, 1887 was about 9.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
    • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
    • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
    • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Day of marriage June 13, 1914

  • The temperature on June 13, 1914 was between 14.8 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
    • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
    • June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
    • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
    • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
    • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Day of death June 7, 1960

  • The temperature on June 7, 1960 was between 8.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
    • April 8 » The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.
    • April 15 » At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
    • April 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
    • May 7 » Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
    • August 5 » Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
    • December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.


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