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Personal data Taeke Westra 


Household of Taeke Westra

He is married to Wietske Nicolai.

They got married on May 28, 1931 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Taeke Westra

Jan Jans Westra
1804-1850
Hendrikje Jans Loonstra
1811-1890
Wieger Taedes Kootstra
1848-1930
Susanna Annes Dijkstra
1849-1897

Taeke Westra
1907-1961

1931

Wietske Nicolai
1903-1978


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1907, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1961, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/253964/westra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1931, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday January 25, 1907

  • The temperature on January 25, 1907 was between -8.2 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
    • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
    • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
    • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
    • December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
    • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Day of marriage May 28, 1931

  • The temperature on May 28, 1931 was between 11.5 °C and 28.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
    • February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
    • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
    • May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
    • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
    • December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

Day of death January 15, 1961

  • The temperature on January 15, 1961 was between -0.9 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • March 9 » Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
    • July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
    • September 1 » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
    • October 20 » The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
    • October 31 » In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
    • December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.


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