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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 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
    • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
    • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
    • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
    • September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
    • October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.

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.
    • April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
    • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
    • June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
    • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
    • December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

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 17 » Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
    • July 18 » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
    • July 26 » Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
    • September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
    • September 11 » Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
    • October 16 » Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute.


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