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Personal data Witte Jelkes Westra 


Household of Witte Jelkes Westra

He is married to Wijke Alberts.

They got married on November 13, 1763 at Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Albert Wittes  1764-< 1811 
  2. Janke Wittes Westra  1765-1837
  3. Taede Wittes Westra  1775-1854 
  4. Teetske Wittes Westra  1778-1861 
  5. Jelke Wittes  1781-< 1811


Notes about Witte Jelkes Westra

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Witte Jelkes uit Augustinusga kiest in 1811 de familienaam Westra voor zichzelf en zijn drie kinderen: Jauke (45), Teede (37, Harkema-Opeinde) en Teedske (34).

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Witte Jelkes Westra

Janke Wittes
1711-????

Witte Jelkes Westra
1741-1819

1763

Wijke Alberts
± 1740-< 1819

Albert Wittes
1764-< 1811
Janke Wittes Westra
1765-1837
Taede Wittes Westra
1775-1854
Teetske Wittes Westra
1778-1861
Jelke Wittes
1781-< 1811

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Sources

  1. Herv. gem. Drogeham en Harkema Opeinde, doop 1663-1772
  2. Overlijdensregister 1819, Achtkarspelen
  3. Trouwregister Hervormde gemeente Drogeham Harkema Opeinde 1623-1772

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Historical events

Christening day June 4, 1741

  • The temperature on June 4, 1741 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1741: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 13 » The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
    • April 10 » War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
    • June 25 » Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
    • July 31 » Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
    • August 10 » King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.
    • September 14 » George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.

Day of marriage November 13, 1763

  • The temperature on November 13, 1763 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: ijs. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regent Lodewijk Ernst (Hertog van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel) was from 1759 till 1766 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1763: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 7 » Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
    • June 2 » Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
    • July 31 » Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
    • September 1 » Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.
    • September 14 » Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
    • December 2 » Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

Day of death February 22, 1819

  • The temperature on February 22, 1819 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: regen betrokken. 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 1819: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 29 » Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
    • February 7 » Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
    • March 15 » French physicist Augustin Fresnel is adjudged the winner of the Grand Prix of the Académie des Sciences for his "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light", which verifies the Fresnel integrals, accounts for the limited extent to which light spreads into shadows, and thereby demolishes Newton's initial objection to the wave theory of light.
    • July 1 » Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819, (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.
    • July 3 » The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
    • December 17 » Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).


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