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Personal data Dirk Tjipkes Westra 


Household of Dirk Tjipkes Westra

He is married to Sjoerdje Pieters van der Maan.

They got married on December 18, 1869 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Tjipke Westra  1872-1902 
  2. Pieter Westra  1875-1898
  3. Albert Westra  1878-1880
  4. Albert Westra  1881-1950

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirk Tjipkes Westra

Anne Jans Westra
± 1768-1836
Hendrikje Jans
± 1780-1851
Albert Hendriks Zwaagstra
± 1766-1827
Aafke Lurks Beima
1776-1846

Dirk Tjipkes Westra
1847-1914

1869

Sjoerdje Pieters van der Maan
1840-1905

Tjipke Westra
1872-1902
Pieter Westra
1875-1898
Albert Westra
1878-1880
Albert Westra
1881-1950

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1847, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1914, Dantumadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1869, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday January 18, 1847

  • The temperature on January 18, 1847 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Samuel Colt obtains his first contract for the sale of revolver pistols to the United States government.
    • February 22 » Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
    • April 18 » American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
    • November 29 » The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
    • November 29 » Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
    • December 5 » Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.

Day of marriage December 18, 1869

  • The temperature on December 18, 1869 was about 11.3 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The air pressure was 34 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
    • May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
    • August 16 » Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
    • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
    • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
    • November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched

Day of death January 27, 1914

  • The temperature on January 27, 1914 was between -1.2 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
    • August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
    • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
    • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
    • December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    • December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.


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