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Personal data Rigtje Westra 


Household of Rigtje Westra

She is married to Tjitze Riedstra.

They got married on June 4, 1910 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Sytze Riedstra  1912-1986

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1884, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. (Not public)
  3. Huwelijksregister 1910, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday August 30, 1884

  • The temperature on August 30, 1884 was about 16.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Day of marriage June 4, 1910

  • The temperature on June 4, 1910 was between 10.2 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
    • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
    • July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
    • October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
    • October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
    • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

Day of death October 1, 1936

  • The temperature on October 1, 1936 was between 8.7 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
    • July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
    • July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
    • August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
    • November 3 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.
    • December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.


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