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Personal data Kornelis Westra 


Household of Kornelis Westra

He is married to Wietske Ipema.

They got married on August 17, 1929 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Kornelis Westra

Jurjen Liebes Westra
1824-1910
Ytje Riekeles Ganzevoort
1833-1861
Berend Hendrik Broersma
1840-1929
Petronella Adriana Beerendes
1842-1929
Ietze Westra
1861-1942

Kornelis Westra
1903-1990

1929

Wietske Ipema
1903-1995


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grijpskerk 1903
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/81344/westra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1929, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday August 17, 1903

  • The temperature on August 17, 1903 was between 9.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
    • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
    • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
    • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
    • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
    • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.

Day of marriage August 17, 1929

  • The temperature on August 17, 1929 was between 11.9 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • 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 1929: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
    • August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
    • August 16 » The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
    • August 23 » Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
    • October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
    • December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

Day of death November 13, 1990

  • The temperature on November 13, 1990 was between 9.3 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
    • February 14 » Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
    • March 10 » In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
    • April 9 » An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR.
    • June 20 » Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
    • August 2 » Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
    • November 16 » Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1900 » Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer († 1957)
  • 1904 » Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist († 1991)
  • 1904 » Mary Cain, American journalist and politician († 1984)
  • 1909 » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1985)
  • 1909 » Wilf Copping, English footballer († 1980)

Source: Wikipedia


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