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Personal data Aafke Westra 


Household of Aafke Westra

She is married to Pieter Posthumus.

They got married on May 20, 1910 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Janke Posthumus  1911-1992

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Aafke Westra

Symen Joukes Westra
1814-1878
Lijsbert Abeles van der West
1814-1885

Aafke Westra
1888-1966

1910

Pieter Posthumus
1884-1965

Janke Posthumus
1911-1992

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1888, Oostdongeradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1966, Dokkum
  3. Huwelijksregister 1910, Oostdongeradeel

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Historical events

Birthday October 19, 1888

  • The temperature on October 19, 1888 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
    • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
    • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
    • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.

Day of marriage May 20, 1910

  • The temperature on May 20, 1910 was between 14.0 °C and 29.0 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
    • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
    • September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
    • September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
    • November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
    • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).

Day of death January 21, 1966

  • The temperature on January 21, 1966 was between -1.7 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
  • 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
    • May 6 » Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
    • June 8 » An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
    • July 30 » England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time.
    • September 12 » Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions).
    • November 2 » The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
    • November 8 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.


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