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Personal data Jan Westra 


Household of Jan Westra

He is married to Antje Merkus.

They got married on June 16, 1923 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Fokje Westra  1924-2011

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Westra

Jan Jans Westra
1804-1850
Hendrikje Jans Loonstra
1811-1890
Wieger Taedes Kootstra
1848-1930
Susanna Annes Dijkstra
1849-1897

Jan Westra
1897-1985

1923

Antje Merkus
1898-1967

Fokje Westra
1924-2011

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1897, Achtkarspelen
  2. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/36587/westra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1923, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday August 19, 1897

  • The temperature on August 19, 1897 was about 17.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
    • June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
    • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
    • August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
    • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
    • December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

Day of marriage June 16, 1923

  • The temperature on June 16, 1923 was between 6.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
    • April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
    • August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
    • September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
    • October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
    • November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.

Day of death August 27, 1985

  • The temperature on August 27, 1985 was between 7.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • March 3 » A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
    • May 31 » United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
    • July 20 » The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
    • September 4 » The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
    • September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
    • November 13 » The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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