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Personal data Wytze Westra 


Household of Wytze Westra

He is married to Grietje de Vries.

They got married on July 18, 1896 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Baukje Westra  1900-1975
  2. Haring Westra  1908-1991
  3. Rense Westra  1911-1975
  4. Aukje Westra  ± 1916-

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wytze Westra

Ankje Tjeerds Visser
1804-1886
Wytse Tjipkes Westra
± 1804-1843
Rinze Jans Monsma
1808-1881
Fokje Lieuwes de Jong
± 1808-1876

Wytze Westra
1870-1945

1896

Grietje de Vries
1876-1954

Baukje Westra
1900-1975
Haring Westra
1908-1991
Rense Westra
1911-1975
Aukje Westra
± 1916-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1870, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1945, Dantumadeel
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/196249/westra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1896, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday January 10, 1870

  • The temperature on January 10, 1870 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
    • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
    • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
    • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
    • October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.
    • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

Day of marriage July 18, 1896

Day of death March 9, 1945

  • The temperature on March 9, 1945 was between 3.8 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • January 27 » World War II: The Soviet 322nd Rifle Division liberates the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
    • March 6 » World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
    • April 6 » World War II: The Battle of Slater's Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
    • April 25 » Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two.
    • April 29 » World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor; Hitler and Braun both commit suicide the following day.
    • June 7 » King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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