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Personal data Taeke Westra 


Household of Taeke Westra

He is married to Trijntje Postma.

They got married on May 8, 1915 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 28 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Wobbe Westra  1916-1981
  2. Jan Westra  1919-2003

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Taeke Westra

Jan Hylkes Westra
1823-1906
Minke Wobbes Reitsma
1826-1867
Taeke Tjerks Riemersma
1825-1901
Pietje Jans Bos
1822-1901

Taeke Westra
1887-1960

1915

Trijntje Postma
1895-1974

Wobbe Westra
1916-1981
Jan Westra
1919-2003

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1887, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1960
  3. Huwelijksregister 1915, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday February 22, 1887

  • The temperature on February 22, 1887 was about 2.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
    • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
    • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.

Day of marriage May 8, 1915

  • The temperature on May 8, 1915 was between 8.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
    • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
    • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
    • August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
    • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
    • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

Day of death March 24, 1960

  • The temperature on March 24, 1960 was between 2.7 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
    • June 26 » Madagascar gains its independence from France.
    • July 1 » Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.
    • July 1 » Independence of Somalia.
    • July 20 » Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
    • October 4 » An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.


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