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Personal data Roel Westra 


Household of Roel Westra

He is married to Korneliske Steenstra.

They got married on June 1, 1940 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roel Westra

Roel Wietzes Westra
1847-1914
Betske Bokkes Visser
1854-1930
Pieter Jans Drost
1858-1918
Gerritje Hoeksma
1860-1935
Pieter Westra
1887-1971
Antje Drost
1885-1978

Roel Westra
1917-2000

1940

Korneliske Steenstra
1917-2002


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  2. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/84354/westra
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Historical events

Birthday February 16, 1917

  • The temperature on February 16, 1917 was between -5.8 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
    • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
    • March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
    • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
    • December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
    • December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

Day of marriage June 1, 1940

  • The temperature on June 1, 1940 was between 5.3 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
    • June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
    • August 31 » Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
    • October 7 » World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
    • November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
    • November 20 » World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

Day of death March 5, 2000

  • The temperature on March 5, 2000 was between -0.4 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
    • January 30 » Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
    • May 11 » Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
    • July 17 » During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, killing 60 people.
    • September 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
    • October 2 » The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
    • November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1916 » Bill Doggett, African-American pianist and composer († 1996)
  • 1919 » Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer († 1989)
  • 1920 » Anna Mae Hays, American general († 2018)
  • 1921 » Jean Behra, French race car driver († 1959)
  • 1921 » Vera-Ellen, German-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1981)

Source: Wikipedia


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