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Personal data Roel Westra 


Household of Roel Westra

He is married to Feikje Hoekstra.

They got married on November 10, 1943 at Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 31 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roel Westra

Roel Wietzes Westra
1847-1914
Betske Bokkes Visser
1854-1930
Aaldert Veenstra
1850-1941
Stientje Rozema
1849-1932
Tjeerd Westra
1885-1944

Roel Westra
1912-1997

1943

Feikje Hoekstra
1919-1993


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1912, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/514363/westra
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Historical events

Birthday February 22, 1912

  • The temperature on February 22, 1912 was between -2.1 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
    • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
    • May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
    • May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
    • October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
    • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

Day of marriage November 10, 1943

  • The temperature on November 10, 1943 was between 4.5 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
    • April 7 » Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
    • April 13 » The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
    • June 24 » US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
    • August 2 » The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
    • October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.

Day of death July 17, 1997

  • The temperature on July 17, 1997 was between 13.0 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
    • May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    • June 2 » In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
    • September 7 » Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
    • September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
    • October 25 » After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.


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