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Personal data Willem Westra 


Household of Willem Westra

He is married to Elisabeth Postma.

They got married on May 14, 1904 at Grijpskerk (Gr), he was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Germ Westra  1904-1971
  2. Roel Westra  1905-1905
  3. Geertje Westra  1906-1986
  4. Roel Westra  1909-
  5. Jan Westra  1911-1974
  6. Janke Westra  1913-1993
  7. Sjouktje Westra  1915-1986
  8. (Not public)
  9. (Not public)
  10. Willem Westra  1921-1993

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Westra

Jan Pieters Westra
± 1808-????
Pieterke Hendriks Bos
1813-1891
Willem Reinders Noordhof
1802-1882
Maaike Hiddes Bos
1814-1895
Germ Westra
1842-1920

Willem Westra
1882-1968

1904

Elisabeth Postma
1884-1958

Germ Westra
1904-1971
Roel Westra
1905-1905
Geertje Westra
1906-1986
Roel Westra
1909-????
Jan Westra
1911-1974
Janke Westra
1913-1993
Sjouktje Westra
1915-1986
(Not public)
(Not public)
Willem Westra
1921-1993

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grijpskerk 1882
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1968
  3. Huwelijksregister Grijpskerk 1904

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Historical events

Birthday June 8, 1882

  • The temperature on June 8, 1882 was about 13.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
    • March 6 » The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
    • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
    • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
    • September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
    • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.

Day of marriage May 14, 1904

  • The temperature on May 14, 1904 was between 9.5 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
    • April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
    • May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
    • July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
    • October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
    • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

Day of death November 21, 1968

  • The temperature on November 21, 1968 was between 2.7 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
    • July 1 » The United States Central Intelligence Agency's Phoenix Program is officially established.
    • October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.
    • October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
    • October 16 » Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
    • December 10 » Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
    • December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.


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