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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.
    • May 10 » Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
    • June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
    • July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
    • August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
    • November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

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 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
    • March 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
    • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
    • March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
    • June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
    • October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.

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 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 79 relating to arms control is adopted.
    • April 8 » India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat–Nehru Pact.
    • July 20 » Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
    • September 26 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
    • October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
    • October 19 » Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.


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