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Personal data Eelkje Harms Zijlstra 

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Household of Eelkje Harms Zijlstra

She is married to Jacob Jarigs Steringa.

They got married on May 30, 1903 at Kollumerland, she was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Harm Steringa  1913-1979

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Eelkje Harms Zijlstra

Gauke Harmens Zijlstra
1821-1878
Eelke Klazes van der Wal
1824-1868
Yte Kastma
1830-1918
Antje Kobus de Vries
1820-1891

Eelkje Harms Zijlstra
1879-1938

1903

Jacob Jarigs Steringa
1872-1938

Jarig Jacobs Steringa
1904-1975
Harm Steringa
1913-1979

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    Historical events

    Birthday February 10, 1879

    • The temperature on February 10, 1879 was about 10.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
      • January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
      • February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
      • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
      • August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
      • October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.

    Day of marriage May 30, 1903

    • The temperature on May 30, 1903 was between 13.5 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 15.0 hours of sunshine (92%). 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.
      • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
      • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
      • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
      • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
      • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
      • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.

    Day of death May 9, 1938

    • The temperature on May 9, 1938 was between -2.7 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
      • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
      • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
      • July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
      • July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
      • August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
      • November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
    

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