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Personal data Sijke Westra 


Household of Sijke Westra

She is married to Harmen Zwarts.

They got married on May 29, 1913 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Klaas Zwarts  1914-1917
  2. Jasper Zwarts  1916-2003
  3. Sytske Zwarts  1919-2012

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sijke Westra

Jan Feyes Westra
1818-1850
Jitske Venema
± 1818-1897
Jan Hendriks van der Veen
1809-1887
Sijke Meines de Haan
1814-1893

Sijke Westra
1885-1978

1913

Harmen Zwarts
1885-1967

Klaas Zwarts
1914-1917
Jasper Zwarts
1916-2003
Sytske Zwarts
1919-2012

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1885, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/196020/westra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1913, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday September 21, 1885

  • The temperature on September 21, 1885 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
    • June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
    • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
    • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
    • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
    • November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

Day of marriage May 29, 1913

  • The temperature on May 29, 1913 was between 12.8 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 5.7 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 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 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
    • February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
    • June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
    • July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
    • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
    • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

Day of death November 7, 1978

  • The temperature on November 7, 1978 was between 2.8 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
    • January 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
    • June 22 » Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
    • June 26 » Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
    • August 17 » Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
    • October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
    • December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.


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