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Personal data Johannes Jans Westra 


Household of Johannes Jans Westra

He is married to Ytje Folkerts Roorda.

They got married on May 15, 1873 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Antje Westra  1875-1947 
  2. Gepke Westra  1879-1966
  3. Hendrika Westra  1881-1947 
  4. Folkedina Westra  1889-1958

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Johannes Jans Westra

Metske Jans Westra
1779-1852
Johanna Jacobs Visser
1788-1848
Pieter Hendriks Hazenberg
1786-1856
Femke Arends de Boer
1787-1834

Johannes Jans Westra
1844-1909

1873

Ytje Folkerts Roorda
1853-1906

Antje Westra
1875-1947
Gepke Westra
1879-1966
Hendrika Westra
1881-1947
Folkedina Westra
1889-1958

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1844, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1909, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/176664/westra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1873, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday February 9, 1844

  • The temperature on February 9, 1844 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken dampig. 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 1844: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 30 » One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
    • May 24 » Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate a commercial telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
    • June 15 » Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
    • June 27 » Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
    • August 8 » The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
    • October 22 » Millerites, followers of Baptist preacher William Miller anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment.

Day of marriage May 15, 1873

  • The temperature on May 15, 1873 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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 July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 17 » A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
    • March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
    • April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
    • April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
    • May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
    • July 1 » Prince Edward Island joins into Canadian Confederation.

Day of death September 3, 1909

  • The temperature on September 3, 1909 was between 4.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (79%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
    • February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
    • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
    • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
    • May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
    • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1837 » José Burgos, Filipino priest and revolutionary († 1872)
  • 1839 » Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician († 1896)
  • 1846 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman and financier († 1904)
  • 1846 » Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach († 1929)
  • 1847 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh-English clergyman and theologian († 1902)

Source: Wikipedia


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