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Household of Egbert Edzes Westra

He is married to Trijntje Klazes Atema.

They got married on May 12, 1904 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1881, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1940, Leeuwarderadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1904, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday October 1, 1881

  • The temperature on October 1, 1881 was about 13.4 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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.
    • January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
    • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
    • February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
    • July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
    • 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).
    • August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.

Day of marriage May 12, 1904

  • The temperature on May 12, 1904 was between -1.1 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
    • April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
    • June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
    • June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
    • July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
    • December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

Day of death January 8, 1940

  • The temperature on January 8, 1940 was between -4.7 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • March 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
    • May 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
    • May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
    • June 3 » World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
    • June 17 » World War II: RMSLancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
    • October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.


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