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Personal data Sjoerd Westra 


Household of Sjoerd Westra

He is married to Willemke Gosma.

They got married on May 15, 1941 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sjoerd Westra

Egbert Westra
1831-1907
Fokje Gosses de Jong
1832-1924
Bauke Jelles de Jong
1827-1897
Trijntje Meinderts van der Wielen
1833-1902
Halbe Westra
1871-1943

Sjoerd Westra
1911-1996

1941

Willemke Gosma
1912-1977


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1911, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/196611/westra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1941, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday February 26, 1911

  • The temperature on February 26, 1911 was between 2.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
    • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
    • May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
    • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
    • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
    • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

Day of marriage May 15, 1941

  • The temperature on May 15, 1941 was between 0.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • March 2 » World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.
    • May 5 » Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
    • May 31 » Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
    • June 8 » World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
    • October 4 » Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
    • October 9 » A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.

Day of death July 28, 1996

  • The temperature on July 28, 1996 was between 6.4 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
    • February 9 » Copernicium is discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
    • March 13 » The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
    • May 21 » The ferry MVBukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.
    • May 28 » U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
    • July 17 » TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
    • December 27 » Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.


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