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Personal data Pieter Spaans 


Household of Pieter Spaans

He is married to Adriana Jongejan.

They got married on February 24, 1926 at 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3


Notes about Pieter Spaans

Pieter Spaans was matroos op het stoomschip AJAX van de KNSM. Dit schip verliet met een lading tarwe onder gezagvoerder J. Lits op 7 augustus 1940 Southampton met bestemming Falmouth. Na voor anker te zijn gegaan in Solent, voer de AJAX op 8 augustus 1940 bij zonsopkomst verder met 5 andere stoomschepen in een onbeschermd convooi in Balmaha's formatie om aan te sluiten bij de schepen varende in het beschermde convooi onder de naam CW9-Peewit dat vertrokken was van Southend op 7 august 1940 om 07.00 u. Op 8 augustus 1940 om 9.00 u werd het schip aangevallen door +/- 50 duikbommenwerpers, die het schip verscheidende malen troffen. Het schip werd zwaar beschadigd en zonk in ongeveer 5 minuten tijd op 15 mijl ten westen van St. Catharina Point-Isle of Wight in positie 50°30' N.B. en 01°40' W.L. Vier leden van de bemanning kwamen om het leven. De matrozen Pieter Spaans (39 jr) en Arie Toet (25 jr) werden gedood, de stoker D. J. Baaij zwaar en 4 andere leden van de bemanning licht gewond. De hoofdmachinist Jacob Bruining Smit (54 jr) kwam om het leven in het water. De ramp had plaats 10`Z.W van St Catharina Point. De geredden werden door een motorboot van de Royal Air Force naar Portsmouth gebracht, de stoker Baaij (34 jr) is op 10 august 1940 alsnog aan zijn verwondingen overleden.D.J. Baaij (34 jr) en J.B. Smit (54 jr) werden begraven in graf (Y-3-25) op Milton Cemetery Portsmouth, UK. Op 6 oktober 1964 werden de lichamen verplaatst naar het Nederlands ereveld Mill Hill te Londen. A.Toet (25 jr) ligt begaven op het Nederlands ereveld Orry-la-Ville te Orry-la-Ville, Frankrijk, terwijl P. Spaans (39 jr) een zeemansgraf heeft gekregen.Zie ook de informatie over de drie andere leden van de bemanning van de AJAX die om kwamen:- Jacob Bruining Smit: https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/142920/jacob-bruining-smit - Dirk Jacobus Baaij : https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/5151/dirk-jacobus-baaij -Arie Toet: https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/154408/arie-toetOpdat wij maar niet vergeten de namen van de mensen die hun leven hebben gegeven voor onze vrijheid!

Geplaatst door smit op 05 september 2016Source 1


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Pieter Spaans

Pieter Pronk
1842-1927
Jaapje de Langen
1848-1933
Arie Spaans
1871-1952
Johanna Pronk
1872-1961

Pieter Spaans
1901-1940

1926

Adriana Jongejan
1902-????


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Sources

  1. Oorlogsgravenstichting / Oorlogsgravenstichting
  2. Erelijst van gevallenen 1940-1945 / n.v.t.
  3. Haags Gemeentearchief / Den Haag Bevolkingsregister

Historical events

Birthday February 3, 1901

  • The temperature on February 3, 1901 was between -6 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
    • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
    • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
    • July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
    • September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
    • November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

Day of marriage February 24, 1926

  • The temperature on February 24, 1926 was between 7.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
    • March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
    • April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
    • June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
    • June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
    • December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

Day of death August 8, 1940

  • The temperature on August 8, 1940 was between 13.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • April 9 » World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
    • June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
    • July 23 » The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
    • August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
    • October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
    • November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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