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Personal data Sjoerdtje Westra 


Household of Sjoerdtje Westra

She is married to Libbe Bruinsma.

They got married on February 5, 1921 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 21 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sjoerdtje Westra

Dirk Tjipkes Westra
1847-1914
Sjoerdje Pieters van der Maan
1840-1905
Bauke Nolles Koning
1846-1914
Sytske Wytzes Woudwijk
1837-1889
Tjipke Westra
1872-1902
Jeltje Koning
1874-1954

Sjoerdtje Westra
1899-1944

1921

Libbe Bruinsma
1901-1980


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1899, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1944, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/180227/westra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1921, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday November 15, 1899

  • The temperature on November 15, 1899 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 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)
  • 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 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
    • March 6 » Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
    • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
    • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
    • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
    • November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.

Day of marriage February 5, 1921

  • The temperature on February 5, 1921 was between 0.9 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
    • February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
    • March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
    • September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
    • October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
    • October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.

Day of death March 2, 1944

  • The temperature on March 2, 1944 was between -1.7 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
    • February 20 » World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
    • September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
    • November 19 » World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.
    • November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
    • November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
    • December 15 » World War II: a single-engine UC-64A Norseman aeroplane carrying United States Army Air Forces Major Glenn Miller is lost in a flight over the English Channel.


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