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Household of Tjerk Westra

He is married to Margaretha Haven.

They got married on May 16, 1927 at Groningen (Gr), he was 34 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Tjerk Westra

Jan Hylkes Westra
1823-1906
Minke Wobbes Reitsma
1826-1867
Taeke Tjerks Riemersma
1825-1901
Pietje Jans Bos
1822-1901

Tjerk Westra
1893-1968

1927

Margaretha Haven
1898-1970


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1893, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/722722/1094753/Margaretha-Haven-1898-1970
  3. Huwelijksregister Groningen 1927

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Historical events

Birthday January 8, 1893

  • The temperature on January 8, 1893 was about -4.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
    • June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
    • September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
    • November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
    • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.

Day of marriage May 16, 1927

  • The temperature on May 16, 1927 was between 8.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
    • January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
    • April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
    • May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
    • July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
    • September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.

Day of death June 14, 1968

  • The temperature on June 14, 1968 was between 13.7 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
    • June 5 » Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
    • June 11 » Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
    • September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
    • September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
    • September 24 » First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.
    • November 26 » Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1891 » Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1972) name="Jöckle1995">Clemens Jöckle (1995). Encyclopedia of Saints. Alpine Fine Arts Collection. p.319. ISBN978-0-88168-226-7.</ref>
  • 1891 » Storm Jameson, English journalist and author († 1986)
  • 1891 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
  • 1896 » Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic († 1967)
  • 1897 » Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author († 1977)

Source: Wikipedia


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