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Personal data Jan Weistra 


Household of Jan Weistra

He is married to Aaltje de Haan.

They got married on January 12, 1918 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Weistra

Jan Weistra
1826-1896
Sijke Keimpes van der Hoek
1825-1863
Yde Rinzes Hamstra
1841-1923
Jantje Jans Dijkstra
1835-1893
Akke Hamstra
1864-1946

Jan Weistra
1893-1965

1918

Aaltje de Haan
1896-1982


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1893, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195167/weistra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1918, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday April 26, 1893

  • The temperature on April 26, 1893 was about 15.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
    • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
    • September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
    • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
    • November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.

Day of marriage January 12, 1918

  • The temperature on January 12, 1918 was between 0.1 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
    • March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
    • July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
    • August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
    • October 1 » World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
    • November 3 » Austria-Hungary enters into the Armistice of Villa Giusti with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.

Day of death June 1, 1965

  • The temperature on June 1, 1965 was between 7.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Hindi becomes the official language of India.
    • February 9 » The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
    • March 2 » The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
    • April 11 » The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
    • September 11 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
    • September 30 » In Indonesia, a coup by the 30 September Movement is crushed, leading to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1889 » Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1981)
  • 1889 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic († 1951)
  • 1894 » Rudolf Hess, Egyptian-German politician († 1987)
  • 1896 » Ernst Udet, German colonel and pilot († 1941)
  • 1896 » Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director († 1967)
  • 1897 » Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder († 1967)

Source: Wikipedia


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