Genealogy Brederoo » Willem Westhoff (1871-1957)
Personal data Willem Westhoff
- He was born on December 19, 1871 in 's-Gravenzande.Source 1
- He died on August 24, 1957 in Loosduinen, he was 85 years old.
- A child of Willem Westhoff and Johanna van den Berg
- This information was last updated on March 21, 2018.
Household of Willem Westhoff
He is married to Dirkje van Dalen.
They got married on May 8, 1896 at 's-Gravenzande, he was 24 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Dina Carolina Westhoff 1899-1986
- Johanna Westhoff 1901-1969
- Jacoba Westhoff 1903-1993
- Hendrik Willem Westhoff 1905-1937
- Dirkje Westhoff 1908-1997
- Jacobus Westhoff 1910-2000
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Sources
- Geboorteakten Burgerlijke Stand s Gravenzande, BS s Gravenzande, geboorten
's Gravenzande, 19 december 1871
- Huwelijksakten Burgerlijke Stand s Gravenzande, BS s Gravenzande, huwelijken
's Gravenzande, 8 mei 1896
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Birthday December 19, 1871
- The temperature on December 19, 1871 was about 2.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
- March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
- April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
- July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
- November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
- December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage May 8, 1896
- The temperature on May 8, 1896 was about 13.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
- May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
- May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
- May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
- August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
Day of death August 24, 1957
- The temperature on August 24, 1957 was between 12.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
- January 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
- March 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
- April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
- September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
- October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
- November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
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