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Personal data Grietje Westra 


Household of Grietje Westra

She is married to Roelf Dijk.

They got married on March 11, 1871 at Grootegast (Gr), she was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jilt Dijk  1877-1962 
  2. Jan Dijk  1884-1963 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje Westra

Wiebe Ebbels Nienhuis
1789-1871
Geertje Roelfs van der Veen
1792-1877
Bouke Jans Westra
± 1799-1864

Grietje Westra
1846-1917

1871

Roelf Dijk
1849-1915

Jilt Dijk
1877-1962
Jan Dijk
1884-1963

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1846
  2. Overlijdensregister Oldekerk 1917
  3. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1871

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Birthday February 10, 1846

  • The temperature on February 10, 1846 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1846: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 20 » Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence.
    • June 16 » The Papal conclave of 1846 elects Pope Pius IX, beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
    • June 28 » Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone.
    • August 22 » The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
    • September 10 » Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
    • October 16 » William T. G. Morton administers ether anesthesia during a surgical operation.

Day of marriage March 11, 1871

  • The temperature on March 11, 1871 was about 9.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
    • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
    • July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
    • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
    • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
    • December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.

Day of death August 17, 1917

  • The temperature on August 17, 1917 was between 11.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
    • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
    • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
    • June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
    • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
    • November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.


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