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Personal data Hans Westra 


Household of Hans Westra

He is married to Dieuke Klimstra.

They got married on June 26, 1870 at Dokkum (Fr), he was 31 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Douwe Westra  1881-1941 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hans Westra

Jan Annes Westra
1775-1825
Pietje Piebes de Jager
± 1781-1844
Hans Klazes de Haan
1774-1833
Antje Hendriks Zevenhuizen
1783-1860

Hans Westra
1839-1915

1870

Dieuke Klimstra
1839-1905

Douwe Westra
1881-1941

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1839, Dokkum
  2. Overlijdensregister 1915, Dokkum
  3. Huwelijksregister 1870, Dokkum

Historical events

Birthday January 11, 1839

  • The temperature on January 11, 1839 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig regen. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1839: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • June 14 » Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
    • July 3 » The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
    • August 19 » The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
    • August 23 » The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
    • September 5 » The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
    • November 17 » Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.

Day of marriage June 26, 1870

  • The temperature on June 26, 1870 was about 12.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
    • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
    • July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
    • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
    • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
    • December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

Day of death August 8, 1915

  • The temperature on August 8, 1915 was between 13.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. 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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The 6.7 Mw  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
    • January 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
    • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
    • March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
    • May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
    • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.


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