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Personal data Jan Wijnstra 

  • He was born in the year 1873 in Grijpskerk.
  • Profession: Koopman (1931).
  • He died on April 3, 1948 in Geuzinge (Ruinen) (75jr), he was 75 years old.

Household of Jan Wijnstra

He is married to Harmina Morsink.

They got married on September 5, 1931 at Ruinen, he was 58 years old.

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Historical events

Day of death April 3, 1948

  • The temperature on April 3, 1948 was between 4.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
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