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Ancestors (and descendant) of Pieter Westra

Jakob Jans Westra
1801-1858
Janke Siebes Schrieder
± 1807-1899
Jan Jans Dol
1803-1889
Fennechien Hendriks Olthuis
1808-1884
Simon Westra
1843-1931

Pieter Westra
1877-1953


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1877
  2. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/96610096/peter-westra

Historical events

Birthday January 14, 1877

  • The temperature on January 14, 1877 was about 3.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
    • April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
    • May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
    • June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
    • September 5 » American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
    • October 5 » The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.

Day of death January 29, 1953

  • The temperature on January 29, 1953 was between 7.8 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
    • June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
    • August 12 » The 7.2 Ms  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
    • August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
    • October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
    • December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.


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