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Personal data Bouke Westra 


Household of Bouke Westra

He is married to Ruurdje Lania.

They got married on May 18, 1928 at Oldekerk (Gr), he was 27 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Bouke Westra

Bouke Jans Westra
± 1799-1864
Hiltje Nienhuis
1816-1865
Laas Arends Douma
1839-1887
Grietje Eelkes de Jong
1840-1869
Wiebe Westra
1858-1938
Antje Douma
1868-1934

Bouke Westra
1900-1985

1928

Ruurdje Lania
1902-1966


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1900
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/1989473/westra
  3. Huwelijksregister Oldekerk 1928

Historical events

Birthday December 19, 1900

  • The temperature on December 19, 1900 was about 5.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
    • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
    • February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
    • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
    • June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
    • September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

Day of marriage May 18, 1928

  • The temperature on May 18, 1928 was between 3.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
    • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
    • March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
    • June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
    • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
    • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

Day of death November 19, 1985

  • The temperature on November 19, 1985 was between -4.0 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • March 31 » The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
    • June 30 » Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
    • July 19 » The Val di Stava dam collapses killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
    • September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
    • October 4 » The Free Software Foundation is founded.
    • November 20 » Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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