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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.
    • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
    • April 3 » Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his engine design.
    • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
    • June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
    • July 1 » The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
    • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.

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.
    • February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
    • February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
    • March 22 » Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
    • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
    • August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
    • 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.

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.
    • March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
    • March 15 » Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
    • August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
    • August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
    • September 16 » The 7.4 Mw  Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.
    • December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.


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