Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Willem Torsius (1903-1945)

Personal data Willem Torsius 


Household of Willem Torsius

He is married to Jannetje Buijtenhuis.

They got married on March 16, 1927 at Nijkerk, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Hendrik Torsius  1936-2000 
  2. (Not public)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Torsius

Willem Torsius
1903-1945

1927

Jannetje Buijtenhuis
1901-1995

Hendrik Torsius
1936-2000
(Not public)

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Birthday January 16, 1903

  • The temperature on January 16, 1903 was between -6.8 °C and -1 °C and averaged -4.2 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (62%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
    • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
    • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
    • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
    • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
    • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

Day of marriage March 16, 1927

  • The temperature on March 16, 1927 was between -2.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
    • May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
    • June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
    • July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
    • August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
    • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.

Day of death January 10, 1945

  • The temperature on January 10, 1945 was between -7.5 °C and -1 °C and averaged -4 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • February 3 » World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
    • April 4 » World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
    • April 20 » World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
    • August 30 » The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
    • August 30 » The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
    • September 18 » General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.


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