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Personal data Roel Wietzes Westra 


Household of Roel Wietzes Westra

He is married to Betske Bokkes Visser.

They got married on May 19, 1877 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Wytze Westra  1880-????
  2. Sytske Westra  1882-1946 
  3. Tjeerd Westra  1885-1944 
  4. Pieter Westra  1887-1971 
  5. Egbert Westra  1889-1942 
  6. Aaltje Westra  1896-1991 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roel Wietzes Westra

Tjeerd Roels Westra
± 1768-1828
Wytske Wytzes Herder
1773-1844
Roel Wietzes Herder
1763-1825
Wietske Theunis de Haan
± 1771-1823

Roel Wietzes Westra
1847-1914

1877

Betske Bokkes Visser
1854-1930

Wytze Westra
1880-????
Sytske Westra
1882-1946
Tjeerd Westra
1885-1944
Pieter Westra
1887-1971
Egbert Westra
1889-1942
Aaltje Westra
1896-1991

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1847, Smallingerland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1914, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1877, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday June 5, 1847

  • The temperature on June 5, 1847 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 30 » Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
    • July 24 » Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.
    • September 13 » Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.
    • November 4 » Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
    • November 10 » The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
    • November 29 » Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.

Day of marriage May 19, 1877

  • The temperature on May 19, 1877 was about 12.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • May 6 » Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
    • June 20 » Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
    • July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
    • July 21 » After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
    • September 5 » American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
    • November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.

Day of death August 22, 1914

  • The temperature on August 22, 1914 was between 9.6 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
    • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
    • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
    • July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
    • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
    • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
    • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.


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