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Personal data Grietje Westra 


Household of Grietje Westra

She is married to Marten Wierstra.

They got married on May 20, 1939 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 24 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Westra

Bienze Joukes Westra
1857-1931
Grietje Pieters van der Veen
1855-1917
Jan Visser
1863-1936
Renske van Tuinen
1863-1939
Lieuwe Westra
1888-1962

Grietje Westra
1914-2003

1939

Marten Wierstra
1910-1977


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1914, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/83799/westra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1939, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday July 6, 1914

  • The temperature on July 6, 1914 was between 9.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
    • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
    • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
    • August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
    • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
    • December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

Day of marriage May 20, 1939

  • The temperature on May 20, 1939 was between 1.7 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
    • May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
    • June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
    • August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
    • September 10 » World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
    • September 18 » World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
    • October 14 » World War II: The German submarineU-47 sinks the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.

Day of death February 20, 2003

  • The temperature on February 20, 2003 was between -4.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
    • March 13 » An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
    • June 2 » Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
    • September 27 » The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
    • October 15 » China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
    • November 18 » The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
    • December 9 » A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.


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