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Personal data WILLEM RUIJS 


Household of WILLEM RUIJS

(1) He is married to CHRISTINE ELISABETH van SCHAARDENBURG.

They got married on January 11, 1921 at ROTTERDAM, he was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. (Not public)

The couple were divorced from August 2, 1934 at ROTTERDAM.Source 4


(2) He is married to EUPHEMIE ELISABETH van HOUTEN.

They got married on November 2, 1934 at 'S-GRAVENHAGE, he was 40 years old.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)


Notes about WILLEM RUIJS

WIKIPEDIA: Willem Ruys (Rotterdam, 25 augustus 1894 - Goirle, 15 augustus 1942) was een telg uit een beroemd Nederlands redersgeslacht en directeur van de Rotterdamsche Lloyd. Hij was actief in het verzet en werd door de Duitsers als gijzelaar gefusilleerd. Naar hem is het passagiersschip Willem Ruys vernoemd.
In 1917 vertrok hij naar Nederlands-Indië. Daar en in Australië, Japan en de Verenigde Staten van Amerika bekwaamde hij zich in de praktijk van het scheepvaartbedrijf. Hij werd in 1919 firmant van Wm. Ruys & Zonen en medeleider van de Rotterdamsche Lloyd. Hij was ook commissaris van andere belangrijke ondernemingen. Na het terugtreden van zijn vader en zijn oom als directeuren van de Rotterdamsche Lloyd in 1940 werd hij tot directeur benoemd. Van 18 december 1940 tot 17 mei 1941 zat Ruys gevangen op verdenking van steun aan het verzet. Ruys had geweigerd om het verenigingsgebouw van `de Maas' en de boten van de vereniging en haar leden af te staan aan de bezetter. Van 11 oktober 1941 tot 5 januari 1942 zat Ruys weer gevangen, ditmaal vanwege contacten met een Engelse agent. Op 13 juli 1942 volgde zijn derde arrestatie en werd hij als gijzelaar gevangengezet in Beekvliet, onderdeel van kamp Sint-Michielsgestel.

Op 7 augustus 1942 pleegde de verzetsgroep Nederlandse Volksmilitie in Rotterdam een aanslag op het Luchtspoor, gericht tegen een trein met Duitse verlofgangers. De aanslag mislukte doordat een deel van de springlading voortijdig tot ontploffing kwam. De daders werden door de Duitse bezetter opgeroepen zich binnen een week te melden, maar deden dit niet. Als represaille werd Willem Ruys op 15 augustus samen met de Rotterdammers Christoffel Bennekers en Robert Baelde, en met Otto graaf van Limburg Stirum en Alexander baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oije gefusilleerd op het landgoed Gorp en Roovert.


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Sources

  1. ARCHIEF GEMEENTE ROTTERDAM, akte 4683
  2. ARCHIEF GEMEENTE ROTTERDAM, akte 281
  3. ARCHIEF GEMEENTE ROTTERDAM, akte a23
  4. ARCHIEF GEMEENTE ROTTERDAM, akte 277
  5. ARCHIEF GEMEENTE DEN HAAG, akte 1378

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Historical events

Birthday August 25, 1894

  • The temperature on August 25, 1894 was about 13.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
    • July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
    • July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
    • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
    • September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
    • November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

Day of marriage November 2, 1934

  • The average temperature on November 2, 1934 was 2.5 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (36%). 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
    • February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
    • March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
    • May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
    • July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
    • December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

Day of death August 15, 1942

  • The temperature on August 15, 1942 was between 10.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • February 18 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.
    • March 26 » World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
    • May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
    • August 8 » Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
    • September 15 » World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSWasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
    • December 20 » World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India.


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