Navorska tree » Ben Berend Westendorf (1903-1989)
Personal data Ben Berend Westendorf
- He was born on September 7, 1903 in Winnebago Co., IA.
- He died on July 8, 1989 in Allison, Butler Co., IA, he was 85 years old.
- A child of Berend Hinderks Westendörp and Edze Gretina Janssen
- This information was last updated on May 11, 2011.
Household of Ben Berend Westendorf
He is married to Isabelle Martha de Bower.
They got married on February 12, 1928 at Allison, Butler Co., IA, he was 24 years old.
Ben Berend Westendorf oo Isabelle Martha de Bower
Marriage source: Scheunemann, Roger, deNeui Scheunemann Biedermann Family Tree, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=anita-roger&id=I33331, xxvi Apr MMXI)
"... Isabelle Martha de Bower Sex: F Birth: 9 MAY 1907 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA Death: 10 AUG 1974 in Waverly, Bremer Co, IA ... Marriage 1 Ben Berend Westendorf b: 7 SEP 1903 in , Winnebago Co, IA Married: 12 FEB 1928 in Allison, Butler Co, IA ..." <>
Child(ren):
- Wayne Benjamin Westendorf 1932-1948
Notes about Ben Berend Westendorf
Ben Berend Westendorf
Source: Scheunemann, Roger, deNeui Scheunemann Biedermann Family Tree, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=anita-roger&id=I33331, xxvi Apr MMXI)
"... Ben Berend Westendorf Sex: M Birth: 7 SEP 1903 in , Winnebago Co, IA Death: 8 JUL 1989 in Allison, Butler Co, IA
Father: Berend (Ben H. Westendorf) Hinderks Westendörp b: 18 DEC 1869 in Emden, Ostfriesland, Germany Mother: Edze Gretina Janssen b: 8 MAR 1874 in , Ostfriesland, Germany
Marriage 1 Isabelle Martha de Bower b: 9 MAY 1907 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA Married: 12 FEB 1928 in Allison, Butler Co, IA
Children
1. Wayne Benjamin Westendorf b: 31 MAR 1932 in Allison, Butler Co, IA 2. Living Westendorf
Marriage 2 Living" <>
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Historical events
Birthday September 7, 1903
- The temperature on September 7, 1903 was between 10.6 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (38%). 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.
- March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
- April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
- June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
- October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
- October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
- November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
Day of marriage February 12, 1928
- The temperature on February 12, 1928 was between 2.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
- March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
- May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
- September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
- October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
- November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
- November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
Day of death July 8, 1989
- The temperature on July 8, 1989 was between 14.7 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
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- April 19 » A gun turret explodes on the USSIowa, killing 47 sailors.
- August 18 » Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
- September 13 » Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
- September 19 » A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.
- November 9 » Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin.
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