Voorouders Veeken-Ritsma » Wieger Gerkes Veenstra (1830-1909)

Personal data Wieger Gerkes Veenstra 

  • He was born on October 14, 1830 in Smallingerland.
    Geboorteakte Smallingerland
    Aangiftedatum 16 oktober 1830, blad nr. 67
    Wieger Gerkes Veenstra, geboren 14 oktober 1830
    zoon van Gerke Wiegers Veenstra en Martzen Pieters Hannes
  • He died on January 27, 1909 in Smallingerland, he was 78 years old.
    Overlijdensakte Smallingerland, 1909
    Aangiftedatum 27 januari 1909, akte nr. 28
    Wieger Gerkes Veenstra, overleden 27 januari 1909, oud 78 jaar,
    weduwnaar
    zoon van Gerke Wiegers Veenstra en Martzen Pieters Hannes
  • A child of Gerke Wiegers Veenstra and Martzen Pieters Hannes
  • This information was last updated on September 2, 2003.

Household of Wieger Gerkes Veenstra

He is married to Jinke Dictus Benedictus.

They got married on December 19, 1868 at Smallingerland, he was 38 years old.

Huwelijksakte Smallingerland, 1868
Man: Wieger Gerkes Veenstra, oud 38 jaar, geboren: Drachten
Ouders: Gerke Wiegers Veenstra en Martzen Pieters Hannes
Vrouw: Jinke Benedictus, oud 26 jaar, geboren: Rottevalle
Ouders: Dictus Nanes Benedictus en Sjoukjen Rinderts van der Leij
Datum: 19 december 1868 Akte nr. 68

Child(ren):


Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Wieger Gerkes Veenstra?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!


Timeline Wieger Gerkes Veenstra

  This functionality is only available in Javascript supporting browsers.
Click on the names for more info. Symbols used: grootouders grandparents   ouders parents   broers-zussen brothers/sisters   kinderen children

Ancestors (and descendant) of Wieger Gerkes Veenstra


With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).


Visualize another relationship

The data shown has no sources.

Matches in other publications

This person also appears in the publication:

Historical events

Birthday October 14, 1830

  • The temperature on October 14, 1830 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1830: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.6 million citizens.
    • May 3 » The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
    • August 25 » The Belgian Revolution begins.
    • September 11 » Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.
    • September 15 » The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens; British MP William Huskisson becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality when he is struck and killed by the locomotive Rocket.
    • October 4 » The Belgian Revolution takes legal form when the provisional government secedes from the Netherlands.
    • November 27 » Saint Catherine Labouré experiences a Marian apparition.

Day of marriage December 19, 1868

  • The temperature on December 19, 1868 was about 8.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the 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)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
    • June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
    • August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
    • September 28 » The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
    • November 2 » Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
    • November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.

Day of death January 27, 1909

  • The temperature on January 27, 1909 was between -8.8 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
    • February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
    • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
    • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
    • June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
    • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Veenstra

  • View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Veenstra.
  • Check the information Open Archives has about Veenstra.
  • Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Veenstra.

The Voorouders Veeken-Ritsma publication was prepared by .contact the author
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
R. Veeken-Ritsma, "Voorouders Veeken-Ritsma", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/voorouders-veeken-ritsma/I1054740729.php : accessed June 10, 2024), "Wieger Gerkes Veenstra (1830-1909)".