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Personal data Jan Tjipkes Westra 


Household of Jan Tjipkes Westra

(1) He is married to Ypkje Pieters van der Meulen.

They got married on May 18, 1905 at Eenrum, he was 26 years old.Source 2

Jan Westra is van beroep timmerman. Hij is de zoon van Tjipke Westra, die kaashandelaar is, en Hilje Beukema.
Uit dit huwelijk worden vier kinderen geboren in Eenrum:
1.Aukje Westra geboren op 21? januari 1906
2.Jan Westra
3.Hilje Westra
4.Aafke Westra.

Na het overlijden van Ypkje van der Meulen hertrouwt Jan Westra, dan van beroep straatlegger, in Kloosterburen op 22 april 1918 met Aaltje Zandt, dochter van Nanko Zandt en Elizabeth Rondhuis. Aaltje was weduwe van Wibbe Poortema. Op 17 juli 1919 wordt het overlijden van hun drie maanden oude dochtertje Tjippelina Westra aangegeven, die geboren is in Eenrum. Op 16 februari 1920 overlijdt Aaltje Zandt.

(2) He is married to Aaltje Zandt.

They got married on April 22, 1918 at Kloosterburen, he was 39 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Eenrum 1879, aktenr 2
  2. Huwelijksregister Eenrum 1905, aktenr 12
  3. Huwelijksregister Kloosterburen 1918, nr 1

Historical events

Birthday January 1, 1879

  • The temperature on January 1, 1879 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
    • September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
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    • October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
    • December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Day of death April 16, 1958

  • The temperature on April 16, 1958 was between 1.4 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
    • January 23 » After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
    • February 22 » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
    • July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
    • August 23 » Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
    • November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
    • December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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