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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 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
    • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
    • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
    • June 9 » Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
    • June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
    • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.

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.
    • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
    • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
    • August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
    • October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
    • December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
    • December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

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.
    • April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
    • April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
    • May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
    • 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.
    • November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
    • December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.


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