Family tree Van Dijk » Geertruida Westra (1887-1955)
Personal data Geertruida Westra
- She was born on April 2, 1887 in Workum, Friesland, Nederland.
Aktenr. 32
- She died on February 28, 1955 in Workum, Friesland, Nederland, she was 67 years old.
- A child of Christiaan Westra and Grietje Jongstra
- This information was last updated on June 25, 2014.
Household of Geertruida Westra
She is married to Berend Terpstra.
They got married on July 19, 1912 at Hemelumer Oldefaert, Friesland, Nederland, she was 25 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday April 2, 1887
- The temperature on April 2, 1887 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
- July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
- September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
- October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
- November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
Day of marriage July 19, 1912
- The temperature on July 19, 1912 was between 8.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
- April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
- October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
- November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
- November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
- December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
Day of death February 28, 1955
- The temperature on February 28, 1955 was between -6.1 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
- April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
- June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
- June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
- November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
- November 23 » The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
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