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Personal data Wobbe Jans Westra 


Household of Wobbe Jans Westra

(1) He is married to Grietje Riemersma.

They got married on May 26, 1883 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Pietje Westra  1884-1949 
  2. Taeke Westra  1887-1960 
  3. Hylke Westra  1890-1969
  4. Tjerk Westra  1893-1968
  5. Wieger Westra  1894-1986 
  6. Sara Westra  1901-1988
  7. Folkert Westra  1902-1966


(2) He is married to Akke Jacobs Starkenburg.

They got married on April 24, 1920 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 66 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wobbe Jans Westra

Hylke Jans Westra
1800-1872
Sara Hendriks Dijkstra
± 1796-1883
Wobbe Berends Reitsma
1797-1875
Lysbert Jans van de Lune
1799-1882

Wobbe Jans Westra
1854-1932

(1) 1883

Grietje Riemersma
1860-1918

Pietje Westra
1884-1949
Taeke Westra
1887-1960
Hylke Westra
1890-1969
Tjerk Westra
1893-1968
Wieger Westra
1894-1986
Sara Westra
1901-1988
Folkert Westra
1902-1966
(2) 1920

Akke Jacobs Starkenburg
1855-1930


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1854, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1932, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1883, Kollumerland c.a.
  4. Huwelijksregister 1920, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday February 1, 1854

  • The temperature on February 1, 1854 was about 6.8 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 7 » A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
    • May 30 » The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
    • July 6 » In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
    • August 4 » The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
    • October 21 » Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
    • October 25 » The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade.

Day of marriage April 24, 1920

  • The temperature on April 24, 1920 was between 1.3 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
    • February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
    • March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
    • June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
    • August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
    • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.

Day of death November 21, 1932

  • The temperature on November 21, 1932 was between 0.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
    • February 18 » The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
    • March 19 » The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
    • August 24 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
    • September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
    • December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.


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