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Personal data Tjeerd Westra 


Household of Tjeerd Westra

He is married to Hendriktje Veenstra.

They got married on May 20, 1911 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 25 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Roel Westra  1912-1997
  2. Aaldert Westra  1913-1944 
  3. Bokke Westra  1914-
  4. Stientje Westra  1916-1994
  5. Wietze Westra  1918-1919
  6. Wietze Westra  1919-2002
  7. Hantje Anne Westra  1921-1983
  8. Feike Westra  1923-2006

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1885, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1944, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/15669/westra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1911, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday July 30, 1885

  • The temperature on July 30, 1885 was about 15.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
    • March 24 » Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
    • April 24 » American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
    • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
    • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
    • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

Day of marriage May 20, 1911

  • The temperature on May 20, 1911 was between 8.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
    • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
    • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
    • September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
    • September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Day of death August 14, 1944

  • The temperature on August 14, 1944 was between 11.0 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
    • April 22 » The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
    • June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
    • August 19 » World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
    • September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
    • October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.


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