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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 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
    • April 17 » Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
    • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
    • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
    • August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
    • 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.
    • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
    • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
    • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
    • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
    • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
    • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

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.
    • May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
    • July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
    • July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
    • August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
    • November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
    • December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1874 » Edward Harkness, American philanthropist († 1940)
  • 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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