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Personal data Foke Hendriks Westra 

  • He was born on August 26, 1792 in Oudega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
  • He was christened on September 23, 1792 in Oudega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland.
  • Profession: landbouwer.
  • He died on January 30, 1876 in Nijega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland, he was 83 years old.Source 2
  • This information was last updated on April 5, 2024.

Household of Foke Hendriks Westra

He is married to Antje Gerrits van der Meer.

They got married on May 7, 1825 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 32 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Antje Fokes Westra  1829-1903 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Foke Hendriks Westra

Foke Hendriks Westra
1792-1876

1825

Antje Gerrits van der Meer
± 1796-1881

Antje Fokes Westra
1829-1903

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Sources

  1. Herv. gem. Oudega, Nijega en Opeinde, doop 1708-1811
  2. Overlijdensregister 1876-1878, Smallingerland
  3. Huwelijksregister 1825, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday August 26, 1792

  • The temperature on August 26, 1792 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
    • March 29 » King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
    • April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
    • April 25 » Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
    • July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
    • October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

Christening day September 23, 1792

  • The temperature on September 23, 1792 was about 14.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1792: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » The London Corresponding Society is founded.
    • April 21 » Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged, drawn and quartered.
    • May 11 » Robert Gray commands the first expedition to sail into the Columbia River.
    • August 13 » King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
    • October 12 » The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
    • October 29 » Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

Day of marriage May 7, 1825

  • The temperature on May 7, 1825 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken zwaar mist. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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 1825: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 4 » The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
    • February 12 » The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
    • August 6 » The Bolivian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.
    • August 25 » Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
    • October 26 » The Erie Canal opens, allowing direct passage from the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
    • December 30 » The Treaty of St. Louis between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed.

Day of death January 30, 1876

  • The temperature on January 30, 1876 was about -2.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
    • April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
    • April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
    • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.


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