Family tree Griffioen Jellema Friese Adel » Douwe Klaazes (Claases) Westra (1751-1824)

Personal data Douwe Klaazes (Claases) Westra 


Household of Douwe Klaazes (Claases) Westra

He is married to Grietje Sikkes (Griettie Gryttie) Bangma.

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland on May 4, 1782.

They got married on June 2, 1782 at Burgwerd Hichtum Hartwerd, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Klaas Douwes Westra  1783-????
  2. Sikke Douwes Westra  1784-< 1798
  4. Trijntje Douwes Westra  1787-???? 
  5. Meindert Douwes Westra  1788-1847 
  6. Obe Douwes Westra  1790-1841 
  7. Jan Douwes Westra  1793-1845 
  8. Klaaske Douwes Westra  1797-???? 
  9. Sikke Douwes Westra  1798-???? 

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Day of marriage June 2, 1782

  • The temperature on June 2, 1782 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer 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 1782: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
    • March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
    • March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
    • April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
    • July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
    • August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.

Day of death November 8, 1824

  • The temperature on November 8, 1824 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    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 1824: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 17 » The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
    • May 7 » World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.
    • June 21 » Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
    • October 4 » Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
    • October 9 » Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
    • October 21 » Portland cement is patented.


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