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Personal data Djoerd Westra 

  • He was born on June 29, 1917 in Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
  • Profession: steenhouwer.
  • He died on July 14, 1987 in -, he was 70 years old.Source 2
  • He is buried in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland.
  • A child of Gaele Westra and Aafke Lourens
  • This information was last updated on February 11, 2022.

Household of Djoerd Westra

He is married to Baukje Bosma.

They got married on July 20, 1939 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 22 years old.Source 3

The couple were divorced from October 6, 1972 at Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Djoerd Westra

Djoerd Annes Westra
1844-1918
Baukje Andries Stel
1853-1934
Lammert Lourens
1862-1937
Harmke Jans Brouwer
1854-1930
Gaele Westra
1890-1964
Aafke Lourens
1893-1979

Djoerd Westra
1917-1987

1939

Baukje Bosma
1919-????


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Historical events

Birthday June 29, 1917

  • The temperature on June 29, 1917 was between 14.5 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
    • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
    • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
    • October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
    • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
    • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

Day of marriage July 20, 1939

  • The temperature on July 20, 1939 was between 13.6 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (32%). 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • March 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
    • May 17 » The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
    • June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
    • October 14 » World War II: The German submarineU-47 sinks the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
    • November 8 » Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
    • November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

Day of death July 14, 1987

  • The temperature on July 14, 1987 was between 12.4 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
    • April 18 » The New York Islanders defeat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in Game 7 of their Patrick Division Semifinal series.
    • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
    • June 8 » New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
    • September 2 » In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
    • December 8 » Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.


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