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Personal data Andries Jans Westra 


Household of Andries Jans Westra

He is married to Jeltje Jans de Jong.

They got married on June 28, 1873 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Grietje Westra  1875-1955 
  2. Jitske Westra  1878-???? 
  3. Dieuwke Westra  1884-1953 
  4. Wieger Westra  1892-1959 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Andries Jans Westra

Feye Jans Westra
± 1777-1826
Teetske Andries
± 1792-1841
Jasper Sijes Venema
± 1791-1848
Klaaske Wopkes van der Zee
1788-1872
Jitske Venema
± 1818-1897

Andries Jans Westra
1849-1914

1873

Jeltje Jans de Jong
1851-1918

Grietje Westra
1875-1955
Jitske Westra
1878-????
Dieuwke Westra
1884-1953
Wieger Westra
1892-1959

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1849, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1914, Dantumadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1873, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday December 25, 1849

  • The temperature on December 25, 1849 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1849: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 13 » Establishment of the Colony of Vancouver Island.
    • February 5 » University of Wisconsin–Madison's first class meets at Madison Female Academy.
    • February 13 » The delegation headed by Metropolitan bishop Andrei Șaguna hands out to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria the General Petition of Romanian leaders in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina, which demands that the Romanian nation be recognized.
    • March 22 » The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
    • April 25 » The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
    • May 3 » The May Uprising in Dresden begins: The last of the German revolutions of 1848–49.

Day of marriage June 28, 1873

  • The temperature on June 28, 1873 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
    • February 18 » Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
    • March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
    • April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
    • June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
    • August 23 » Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
    • October 9 » A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

Day of death March 21, 1914

  • The temperature on March 21, 1914 was between 1.7 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
    • August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
    • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
    • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
    • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
    • September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
    • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.


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