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Personal data Dirkje Weistra 


Household of Dirkje Weistra

She is married to Taede Kootstra.

They got married on September 2, 1905 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Gerrit Kootstra  1907-1991
  2. Bauke Kootstra  1908-1983
  3. Johannes Kootstra  1910-1963
  4. Hendrikje Kootstra  1913-2002
  5. Dirk Kootstra  1916-1995

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirkje Weistra

Dirk Jelkes Weistra
± 1810-± 1852
Dirkje Popkes Hoekstra
1817-1880
Johannes Wybes Postma
1818-1876
Ytje Doeyes Dijkstra
1814-1893

Dirkje Weistra
1879-1937

1905

Taede Kootstra
1878-1941

Gerrit Kootstra
1907-1991
Bauke Kootstra
1908-1983
Johannes Kootstra
1910-1963
Hendrikje Kootstra
1913-2002
Dirk Kootstra
1916-1995

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1879, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1937, Leeuwarderadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1905, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday January 9, 1879

  • The temperature on January 9, 1879 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
    • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
    • May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
    • May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
    • September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
    • October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄2 hours before burning out).

Day of marriage September 2, 1905

  • The temperature on September 2, 1905 was between 11.2 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
    • May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
    • 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 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
    • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
    • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
    • October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)

Day of death June 13, 1937

  • The temperature on June 13, 1937 was between 14.1 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (51%). 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
    • April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
    • June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
    • September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
    • October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
    • December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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