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Personal data Abe Westra 


Household of Abe Westra

He is married to Minke Dijkstra.

They got married on May 23, 1903 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 27 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Goffe Westra  1904-1987
  2. Klaas Westra  1905-1947

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Abe Westra

Abe Klazes Westra
1802-1864
Gertje Pieters Damsma
1794-1842

Abe Westra
1876-1936

1903

Minke Dijkstra
1878-1949

Goffe Westra
1904-1987
Klaas Westra
1905-1947

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1876, Westdongeradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1936, Ferwerderadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1903, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday January 22, 1876

  • The temperature on January 22, 1876 was about -1.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. 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.
    • February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
    • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
    • June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
    • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
    • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
    • November 17 » Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.

Day of marriage May 23, 1903

  • The temperature on May 23, 1903 was between 9.4 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (83%). 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 year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
    • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
    • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
    • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
    • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.

Day of death September 27, 1936

  • The temperature on September 27, 1936 was between 3.8 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
    • February 26 » In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
    • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
    • April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
    • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
    • November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1874 » Jay Hughes, American baseball player and coach († 1924)
  • 1875 » D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1948)
  • 1877 » Tom Jones, American baseball player and manager († 1923)
  • 1879 » Francis Picabia, French painter and poet († 1953)
  • 1880 » Bill O'Neill, Canadian-American baseball player († 1920)

Source: Wikipedia


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