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Personal data Wieger Westra 


Household of Wieger Westra

He is married to Jantje Waltje.

They got married on August 1, 1918 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 23 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Westra  1921-2003
  2. Wobbe Westra  1924-2006
  3. (Not public)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wieger Westra

Jan Hylkes Westra
1823-1906
Minke Wobbes Reitsma
1826-1867
Taeke Tjerks Riemersma
1825-1901
Pietje Jans Bos
1822-1901

Wieger Westra
1894-1986

1918

Jantje Waltje
1894-1979

Jan Westra
1921-2003
Wobbe Westra
1924-2006
(Not public)

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1894, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/251421/westra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1918, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday November 3, 1894

  • The temperature on November 3, 1894 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
    • April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
    • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
    • August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
    • September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
    • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

Day of marriage August 1, 1918

  • The temperature on August 1, 1918 was between 5.8 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
    • July 9 » In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
    • September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
    • November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
    • December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
    • December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

Day of death July 3, 1986

  • The temperature on July 3, 1986 was between 14.8 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • January 26 » The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
    • April 14 » The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2lb)) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
    • April 15 » The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
    • April 28 » High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
    • September 23 » Houston Astros' Jim Deshaies sets a record, striking out the first eight batters he faces against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
    • November 22 » Mike Tyson from Brooklyn, New York becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at age 20.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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