Genealogy Zwanepol » Wilhelmina Maria (Minnie) van Asselt (1907-1997)

Personal data Wilhelmina Maria (Minnie) van Asselt 

  • She was born on June 2, 1907 in Amsterdam.
  • She died on January 31, 1997 in East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA, she was 89 years old.
    Wilhelmina Maria “Minnie” VanAsselt Pierson
    BIRTH 1907 Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
    DEATH 31 Jan 1997 (aged 89–90) East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
    BURIAL Resurrection Cemetery, Wyoming, Kent County, Michigan, USA
    PLOT Thorns-SW (RCRO-57B-2)
    MEMORIAL ID 108379308

    Wilhelmina M. Pierson (VanAsselt), aged 89, of Wyoming, MI, died January 31, 1997 at Blodgett Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred W. Pierson, Sr. Surviving are her son, Fred W. (June) Pierson, Jr. of Wyoming,. Ml; and daughter, Shirley J. Weidenfeller of Grandville, MI; three grandchildren; Raymond (Faye) Weidenfeller, Val (Michelle) Pierson and Amy (Paul) Simmons; five great grandchildren, Kristina and Brandon Weidenfeller, Paul and Noah Pierson and David Simmons; brother-in-law, Stanley Pierson of Rockford, MI; a special niece, Lela Heintzelman and nephew, Howard Blank Sr.; and a very special friend, Josephine Klas. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday 1:00 PM at the Cook Memorial Chapel (East Building), 4235 Prairie SW. Visitation will be held Monday 7to9 PM at the Grandville Chapel of the Cook Funeral Home (West Building). Obit prepared by Cook Grandville Chapel.
  • She is buried February 1997 in Resurrection Cemetery, Wyoming, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
  • A child of Cornelis Philippus (Casey Cornelius J.) van Asselt and Wilhelmina Maria Kok
  • This information was last updated on December 11, 2022.

Household of Wilhelmina Maria (Minnie) van Asselt

She is married to Fred William Pierson.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wilhelmina Maria (Minnie) van Asselt

Mattheus van Asselt
1850-1901
Aaltje Mol
1852-1945
Johannes Lambertus Kok
1845-1904
Maria Bartholomea Neau
1853-< 1886

Wilhelmina Maria (Minnie) van Asselt
1907-1997


Fred William Pierson
1905-1977


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Birthday June 2, 1907

  • The temperature on June 2, 1907 was between 10.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
    • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
    • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
    • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
    • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
    • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.

Day of death January 31, 1997

  • The temperature on January 31, 1997 was between -0.4 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
    • February 4 » En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
    • July 4 » NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
    • July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.
    • July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
    • July 7 » The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
    • December 15 » Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85.


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