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Personal data Wieger Westra 


Household of Wieger Westra

He is married to Trijntje Damstra.

They got married on March 2, 1916 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Wybe Westra  1919-1929

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wieger Westra

Jan Feyes Westra
1818-1850
Jitske Venema
± 1818-1897
Jan Ykes de Jong
1829-1880
Grietje Wiegers Dijkstra
1823-1872

Wieger Westra
1892-1959

1916

Trijntje Damstra
1892-1981

Wybe Westra
1919-1929

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1892, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1959, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/196997/westra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1916, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday May 19, 1892

  • The temperature on May 19, 1892 was about 13.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
    • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
    • July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
    • September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
    • October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
    • December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.

Day of marriage March 2, 1916

  • The temperature on March 2, 1916 was between -2.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (50%). 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 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
    • June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
    • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
    • November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
    • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
    • December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

Day of death January 26, 1959

  • The temperature on January 26, 1959 was between -3.2 and 6.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
    • February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
    • July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
    • August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
    • September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
    • November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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