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Personal data Willem Willemsen "Wim" de Bock 


Household of Willem Willemsen "Wim" de Bock

He is married to Josepina Maria den Dekker.

They got married on July 16, 1957, he was 37 years old.


Child(ren):

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Notes about Willem Willemsen "Wim" de Bock

Source: His oldest son
He moved to the USA in december 1962 to Greenville, Delaware. My dad worked for Henry Francis duPont for a few years.
And then he had other jobs, selling and delivering bread and milk.
He then went back to work at Winterthur Museum (after Mr duPont died).

Source: mohnkefuneralhome.com
After surviving World War II, including an escape from forced labor in Berlin, he returned to live with his parents. He thrived on playing soccer, continuing competitively until immigrating at age 42. Willem worked as a government insurance representative in the Netherlands. After immigrating, he worked on the household staff of Henry Francis duPont, then as a delivery/salesman for a Bond Baking Company. He later worked a few challenging years in home delivery for a small diary before working for Winterthur Muesum until his retirement. Though he had little opportunity for schooling beyond the basics, he spoke Dutch, German, and English fluently, along with a bit of French and Polish thrown in. He always asked people where they were from in terms of their names, accents and forebearers' immigration. He enjoyed music and often listened to the opera greats. He sang in the choir of "The Flying Dutchman" when it was performed in Grand Rapids. He also sang in Trinity Fellowship's many choral productions, until his legs were not steady enough to endure a full performance. He loved his grandchildren and went to countless soccer games of those who lived nearby. He always enjoyed the competition and thought for sure that his grandchildren were the stars. In his later years the thrill of soccer continued as he would watch all or most of the World Cup games, or the European leagues (getting up early or staying up late to catch the games, even in the last year of his life). Bowling did not start filling that competitive hole until Wim (his nickname in Dutch) was already in his 50's. Though never a "great" bowler, his competitive drive led him to be on numerous championship teams

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    Historical events

    Birthday February 17, 1920

    • The temperature on February 17, 1920 was between 4.4 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
      • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
      • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
      • July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
      • July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
      • August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
      • October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.

    Day of marriage July 16, 1957

    • The temperature on July 16, 1957 was between 9.9 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 14.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
      • March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
      • June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
      • June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
      • October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
      • October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.

    Day of death July 20, 2011

    • The temperature on July 20, 2011 was between 14.5 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
    • In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
      • March 12 » A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
      • March 15 » Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
      • April 11 » An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
      • July 13 » Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.
      • September 7 » A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
      • November 8 » The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
    

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    • 1919 » J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic († 2009)
    • 1919 » Joe Hunt, American tennis player († 1945)
    • 1919 » Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer († 2001)
    • 1920 » Annie Castor, American disability and communication disorder advocate († 2020)
    • 1920 » Curt Swan, American soldier and illustrator († 1996)
    • 1920 » Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter († 2001)

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