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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Westra

Jakob Jans Westra
1801-1858
Janke Siebes Schrieder
± 1807-1899
Jan Jans Dol
-1889
Fennechien Hendriks Olthuis
1808-1884
Simon Westra
1843-1931

Jan Westra
1868-1936


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Zuidhorn 1868
  2. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/61189562/john_simon-westra

Historical events

Birthday May 10, 1868

  • The temperature on May 10, 1868 was about 15.5 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • 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 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 14 » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
    • May 26 » The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
    • June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
    • June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
    • August 18 » French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
    • September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.

Day of death October 9, 1936

  • The temperature on October 9, 1936 was between 0.2 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
    • March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
    • May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
    • July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
    • October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
    • November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.


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