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Personal data Klaas Westra 


Household of Klaas Westra

He is married to Pietje Steringa.

They got married on May 30, 1931 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Klaas Westra

Goffe Abes Westra
1835-1888
Trijntje Willems Olivier
1846-1899
Klaas Riemers Dijkstra
1843-1924
Mintje Ymes Veenstra
1842-1924
Abe Westra
1876-1936

Klaas Westra
1905-1947

1931

Pietje Steringa
1904-1954


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1905, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1947, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1931, Oostdongeradeel

Historical events

Birthday October 13, 1905

  • The temperature on October 13, 1905 was between 2.3 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
    • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
    • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
    • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
    • October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
    • 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 marriage May 30, 1931

  • The temperature on May 30, 1931 was between 8.0 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
    • March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
    • March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
    • March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
    • October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
    • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

Day of death January 19, 1947

  • The temperature on January 19, 1947 was between -1.0 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
    • January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
    • February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
    • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
    • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
    • September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.


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