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Personal data Pieter Westra 


Household of Pieter Westra

He is married to Antje Drost.

They got married on May 6, 1916 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Roel Westra  1917-2000
  2. Pieter Westra  1918-1987
  3. Betske Westra  1919-1920
  4. Betske Westra  1922-2004
  5. Sietske Westra  1925-2015

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Pieter Westra

Wietze Tjeerds Westra
1803-1875
Sietske Roels Herder
1810-1881
Bokke Feikes Visser
1828-1867
Aaltje Eerts de Boer
1830-1868

Pieter Westra
1887-1971

1916

Antje Drost
1885-1978

Roel Westra
1917-2000
Pieter Westra
1918-1987
Betske Westra
1919-1920
Betske Westra
1922-2004
Sietske Westra
1925-2015

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1887, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/83730/westra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1916, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday February 9, 1887

  • The temperature on February 9, 1887 was about -3.7 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
    • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
    • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
    • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.

Day of marriage May 6, 1916

  • The temperature on May 6, 1916 was between 10.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
    • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
    • June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
    • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
    • November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
    • December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

Day of death October 8, 1971

  • The temperature on October 8, 1971 was between 6.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
    • February 24 » The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
    • April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
    • April 5 » In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
    • October 25 » The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.
    • December 9 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
    • December 16 » Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1885 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator († 1935)
  • 1885 » Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author († 1960)
  • 1889 » Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter († 1928)
  • 1891 » Ronald Colman, English-American actor († 1958)
  • 1892 » Peggy Wood, American actress († 1978)

Source: Wikipedia


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