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Personal data Heerke Westra 


Household of Heerke Westra

(1) He is married to Wiepkje Houwink.

They got married on May 26, 1898 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 2

The couple were divorced from November 17, 1904 at Leeuwarden (Fr).


(2) He is married to Martha Frances Dreskey.

They got married on April 27, 1905 at Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, he was 33 years old.Source 3


Notes about Heerke Westra

Heerke emigreerde na echtsheiding naar Amerika.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Heerke Westra

Heerke Jans Westra
1800-1900
Blijke Halbes Halbesma
1800-1880
Ritske Simons Clewits
1812-1894
Aukjen Gerrits Sinia
1816-1871

Heerke Westra
1871-1934

(1) 1898

Wiepkje Houwink
1874-1959

(2) 1905

Martha Frances Dreskey
1882-1974


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1871, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Huwelijksregister 1898, Kollumerland c.a.
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Historical events

Birthday December 15, 1871

  • The temperature on December 15, 1871 was about 5.5 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
    • March 29 » Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
    • April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
    • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
    • September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
    • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.

Day of marriage April 27, 1905

  • The temperature on April 27, 1905 was between 0.7 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
    • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
    • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
    • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
    • October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
    • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.

Day of death March 26, 1934

  • The temperature on March 26, 1934 was between 0.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
    • January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
    • May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
    • May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
    • September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
    • December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.


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