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Personal data Jan Westra 


Household of Jan Westra

He is married to Ytje Jilderda.

They got married on June 13, 1936 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Westra

Hendrik Annes Westra
1835-1914
Doetje Jans Lourens
1842-1898
Eelkje Tjipkes Zuidema
1848-1900
Djoerd Westra
1885-1945
Hinke Zuidema
1884-1974

Jan Westra
1913-1991

1936

Ytje Jilderda
1918-2014


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1913, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195866/westra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1936, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday December 4, 1913

  • The temperature on December 4, 1913 was between 2.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
    • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
    • October 31 » The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
    • December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
    • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
    • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

Day of marriage June 13, 1936

  • The temperature on June 13, 1936 was between 10.8 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
    • June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
    • September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
    • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
    • November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
    • December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.

Day of death November 19, 1991

  • The temperature on November 19, 1991 was between 1.2 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 18.2 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
    • April 9 » Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
    • May 21 » Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
    • June 3 » Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
    • August 22 » Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
    • August 29 » Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.


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