Family tree Jonker » Pieter Minnes Westra (1855-1905)
Personal data Pieter Minnes Westra
- He was born on October 29, 1855 in Oenkerk.Source 1
- He died on April 28, 1905 in Twijzel, he was 49 years old.Source 2
- A child of Minne Pieters Westra and Foekje Willems van der Ploeg
Household of Pieter Minnes Westra
(1) He is married to Willemke Siebes Atsma.
They got married on June 3, 1876 at Tietjerksteradeel, he was 20 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Zwaantje Westra 1881-????
- Foekje Westra 1886-1956
(2) He is married to Houkje Iebes van der Heide.
They got married on December 25, 1897, he was 42 years old.Source 4
Bruid is weduwe van Jacob Poelstra
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Sources
- AlleFriezen te Leeuwarden, BS Geboorte Burgerlijke Stand Tietjerksteradeel - Tresoar, Bron: boek, Deel: 1031, Periode: 1855, Tietjerksteradeel, archief 30-37, inventarisnummer 1031, 31 oktober 1855, Geboorteregister 1855, folio 123
- AlleFriezen te Leeuwarden, BS Overlijden Burgerlijke Stand Achtkarspelen - Tresoar, Bron: boek, Deel: 3037, Periode: 1905, Achtkarspelen, archief 30-01, inventarisnummer 3037, 28 april 1905, Overlijdensregister 1905, aktenummer 93
- AlleFriezen te Leeuwarden, BS Huwelijk Burgerlijke Stand Tietjerksteradeel - Tresoar, Bron: boek, Deel: 2029, Periode: 1876, Tietjerksteradeel, archief 30-37, inventarisnummer 2029, 3 juni 1876, Huwelijksregister 1876, aktenummer 89
- AlleFriezen te Leeuwarden, BS Huwelijk Burgerlijke Stand Achtkarspelen - Tresoar, Bron: boek, Deel: 2035, Periode: 1897, Achtkarspelen, archief 30-01, inventarisnummer 2035, 25 december 1897, Huwelijksregister 1897, aktenummer 90
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Historical events
Birthday October 29, 1855
- The temperature on October 29, 1855 was about 9.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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).
- From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
- In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- February 12 » Michigan State University is established.
- May 3 » American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
- June 1 » The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
- June 4 » Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USSSupply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
- July 4 » The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
- September 3 » American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
Day of marriage December 25, 1897
- The temperature on December 25, 1897 was about -3.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
- June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
- August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
- September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
- December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
- December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
Day of death April 28, 1905
- The temperature on April 28, 1905 was between 6.9 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
- April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
- May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
- September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
- September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
- December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
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