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Personal data Gerrit Harrits Wester 


Household of Gerrit Harrits Wester

He is married to Sytske Rinzes Veenstra.

They got married on June 6, 1863 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Tietje Gerrits Wester  1868-1928 
  2. Piebe Gerrits Wester  1873-1948 
  3. Gelske Gerrits Wester  1875-1923 

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1837-1839, Idaarderadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1927, Tietjerksteradeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1863, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday February 19, 1838

  • The temperature on February 19, 1838 was about -9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder winderig. 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 1838: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Alfred Vail and colleagues demonstrate a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
    • January 26 » Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States.
    • June 10 » Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
    • June 28 » Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
    • September 1 » Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established.
    • September 18 » The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.

Day of marriage June 6, 1863

  • The temperature on June 6, 1863 was about 13.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
    • May 23 » The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
    • August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
    • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
    • November 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
    • November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

Day of death October 1, 1927

  • The temperature on October 1, 1927 was between 8.2 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
    • March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
    • April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
    • June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
    • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
    • December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.


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