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Personal data Berend Westra 


Household of Berend Westra

He is married to Grietje Meerstra.

They got married on March 5, 1921 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 39 years old.Source 4

Met legitimatie van drie kinderen

Child(ren):

  1. Jantje Westra  1913-2011 
  2. Antje Westra  1919- 
  3. Aaltje Westra  1921-2011
  4. Jacobi Westra  1925-1994

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Berend Westra

Anne Tjipkes Westra
± 1796-1877
Fokje Hendriks de Jong
± 1805-1880
Berend Hendriks Bosma
1799-1863
Jacobjen Jacobs Veenstra
1800-1876

Berend Westra
1881-1950

1921

Grietje Meerstra
1885-1937

Jantje Westra
1913-2011
Antje Westra
1919-????
Aaltje Westra
1921-2011
Jacobi Westra
1925-1994

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1881, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1950, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/180220/westra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1921, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday July 18, 1881

  • The temperature on July 18, 1881 was about 25.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
    • April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
    • April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
    • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
    • July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
    • September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.

Day of marriage March 5, 1921

  • The temperature on March 5, 1921 was between 6.3 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • January 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
    • February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
    • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
    • March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
    • April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
    • September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.

Day of death February 9, 1950

  • The temperature on February 9, 1950 was between 0.6 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • January 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
    • March 17 » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
    • August 1 » Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
    • October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
    • November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
    • November 26 » Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.


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Source: Wikipedia

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