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Personal data Haaye Westra 


Household of Haaye Westra

He is married to Geertje Jongsma.

They got married on May 19, 1917 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 38 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Haaye Westra

Anne Tjipkes Westra
± 1796-1877
Fokje Hendriks de Jong
± 1805-1880
Anne Jans Lourens
1822-1899
Hinke Haayes Postma
1824-1888

Haaye Westra
1879-1968

1917

Geertje Jongsma
1890-1970


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1879, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1968, Dantumadeel
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195125/westra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1917, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday March 9, 1879

  • The temperature on March 9, 1879 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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.
    • January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
    • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
    • May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
    • 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.
    • October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
    • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄2 hours before burning out).

Day of marriage May 19, 1917

  • The temperature on May 19, 1917 was between 11.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
    • March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
    • April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
    • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
    • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
    • December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

Day of death August 7, 1968

  • The temperature on August 7, 1968 was between 14.6 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
    • January 30 » Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
    • April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
    • August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
    • September 15 » The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
    • October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
    • November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.


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