Family tree Fortuin, oorsprong Wymbritseradeel » Wybe Jacobs Westra (1791-1865)
Personal data Wybe Jacobs Westra
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4Sources 1, 2, 3, 5- Alternative names: Westra, Wybe Jacobs Wester, Wiebe Jakobs Wester, Wybe Jacobs Wester
- Patronym Jacobs.
- He was born on January 27, 1791 in Sneek, Friesland, Nederland.Source 4
- He was christened.
- Occupations:
- on June 18, 1842 arbeider.Source 1
- on April 30, 1865 arbeider in Hennaarderadeel.
- Religion: doopsgezind.
- He died on April 30, 1865 in Hennaarderadeel, he was 74 years old.Source 5
Datum: achternaam ouders bij aangifte niet bekend
- A child of Jacob Wester and Sytske Wiebes
- This information was last updated on December 24, 2024.
(Wybe) (Wiebe Jakobs)
(Wester)
Household of Wybe Jacobs Westra
(1) He is married to Tjietske Huisman.Source 1
They got married on May 13, 1825 at Wymbritseradeel, he was 34 years old. They were both 34 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Jacob Westra 1826-1914
- Antje Westra ± 1828-1840
- Pieter Westra 1830-1866
(2) He is married to Hiltie Fortuin.Source 3
They got married on June 4, 1851 at Hennaarderadeel, he was 60 years old.
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Sources
- Overlijden Tjitske Pieters Huisman, WIE9494006
- Huwelijk Wiebe Jakobs Wester, WIE15105225
- Huwelijksakte Wybe Jacobs Westra, GL00954
Type Genlias
Archiefnaam: Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich
Deel/Akte: 21
Inventarisnr.: 2009
Bron Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk
Archieflocatie Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Sintrum
Algemeen Toegangnr: 30-18
Inventarisnr: 2009
Gemeente: Hennaarderadeel
Soort akte: Huwelijksakte
Aktenummer: 21
Datum: 04-06-1851
Bruidegom Wybe Jacobs Westra
Leeftijd: 60
Geboorteplaats: Sneek
Bruid Hiltje Anskes Fortuin
Leeftijd: 51
Geboorteplaats: Jutrijp, gemeente Wymbritseradeel
Vader bruidegom Jacob Jelles
Moeder bruidegom Sytske Wybes
Vader bruid Anske Alles
Moeder bruid Feikjen Ruurds - Doopboek, DB0093
Type Doopboek
Archiefnaam: Doopsgez.gem. Sneek 1838-1850
Archief: Tresoar
Inventarisnr.: DTB 678
Gezindte: Doopsgezind - Overlijden Wybe Jacobs Wester, WIE8996155
hoofdpersoonnaam=Wybe Jacobs Wester
hoofdpersoongeslacht=Man
hoofdpersoonleeftijd=74 jaar
hoofdpersoonovldatum=zondag 30 april 1865
hoofdpersoonovlplaats=Hennaarderadeel
hoofdpersoonvadergeslacht=Man
hoofdpersoonvaderleeftijd=74 jaar
gebeurtenis=Overlijden
aktedatum=1 mei 1865
akteplaats=Hennaarderadeel
archief=30-18
erfgoedinstelling=Tresoar
Registratienummer=3012
pagina=7
brontype=BS Overlijden
Instellingsplaats=Leeuwarden
Collectiegebied=Friesland
Historical events
Birthday January 27, 1791
- The temperature on January 27, 1791 was about 4.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1791: Source: Wikipedia
- January 25 » The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
- February 18 » Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
- August 14 » Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.
- September 14 » The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
- September 27 » The National Assembly votes to award full citizenship to Jews in France.
- December 4 » The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
Day of marriage June 4, 1851
- The temperature on June 4, 1851 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
- February 6 » The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria.
- July 29 » Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
- September 15 » Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.
- September 18 » First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
- November 13 » The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.
- December 24 » The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.
Day of death April 30, 1865
- The temperature on April 30, 1865 was about 7.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
- January 31 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.
- March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
- May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
- August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
- December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
Same birth/death day
- 1790 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) († 1867)
- 1795 » Eli Whitney Blake, American engineer, invented the Mortise lock († 1886)
- 1803 » Eunice Hale Waite Cobb, American writer, public speaker, and activist († 1880)
- 1805 » Maria Anna of Bavaria († 1877)
- 1805 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and etcher († 1881)
- 1806 » Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer and educator († 1826)
- 1847 » Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)
- 1863 » Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)
- 1865 » Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (b. 1805)
- 1870 » Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792)
- 1875 » Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
- 1879 » Emma Smith, American religious leader (b. 1804)
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