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Personal data Tjeerd Westra 


Household of Tjeerd Westra

He is married to Sytske van der Bij.

They got married on April 8, 1905 at Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Aukje Westra  1907-1994

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Tjeerd Westra

Dirk Sjoerds Westra
1803-1876
Jantje Pieters Riemersma
1810-1853

Tjeerd Westra
1877-1948

1905

Sytske van der Bij
1873-1952

Aukje Westra
1907-1994

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1877, Westdongeradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1948, Dantumadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1905, Westdongeradeel

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Historical events

Birthday December 9, 1877

  • The temperature on December 9, 1877 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 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)
  • 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 Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
    • May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
    • June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
    • October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
    • October 22 » The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.
    • December 6 » The first edition of The Washington Post is published.

Day of marriage April 8, 1905

  • The temperature on April 8, 1905 was between -5.1 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
    • February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
    • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
    • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
    • November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
    • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

Day of death May 20, 1948

  • The temperature on May 20, 1948 was between 7.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
    • April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
    • June 16 » Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
    • July 8 » The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
    • July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
    • September 15 » The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080km/h).
    • November 22 » Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1873 » George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic († 1912)
  • 1875 » Harry Miller, American engineer († 1943)
  • 1876 » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer († 1940)
  • 1882 » Elmer Booth, American actor († 1915)
  • 1882 » Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator († 1949)

Source: Wikipedia


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