Gezinsreconstructies Steenwijk » Jan Wapstra (1898-1945)

Personal data Jan Wapstra 

  • He was born on August 21, 1898 in Steenwijk.
  • Profession: Arbeider (1921), Exportslachter (1945).
  • Religion: NH, later Geen.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1928: Looijersgracht 16 Steenwijk.
    • in the year 1929: Kallenkoterallee 141 Steenwijk.
    • in the year 1945: Steenwijk.
  • He died on October 9, 1945 in Meppel, he was 47 years old.
  • A child of Pieter Wapstra and Jantje de Dood
  • This information was last updated on March 14, 2022.

Household of Jan Wapstra

He is married to Hendrikje de Jong.

They got married on July 22, 1921 at Vledder, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  4. Jan Wapstra  1935-1994
  5. Hendrik Wapstra  1935-1935


Notes about Jan Wapstra


Jan is erkend bij het huwelijk van zijn ouders.
Hij was lid van de NSB.
Jan overleed ten gevolge van een auto-ongeluk: ·ÄúEen auto vol NSB-ers keerde van het aardappelrooien op de Eeskamp huiswaarts. In de bocht bij de Ruiterweg te Havelterweg verloor de chauffeur de macht over het stuur, wat tot gevolg had, dat de auto met een hevige slag tegen een boom op botste, waardoor de boom finaal afknapte. De gevolgen waren verschrikkelijk. Al spoedig bleek dat een 12-tal NSB-ers ernstig gewond waren. (...) Wapstra werd vervoerd naar het ziekenhuis te Meppel·Äù Bron: De Heerenveensche Courier 15-10-1945.
Blijkbaar is hij daar nog diezelfde avond overleden.

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Historical events

Birthday August 21, 1898

  • The temperature on August 21, 1898 was about 16.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 99%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
    • April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
    • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
    • July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
    • September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
    • October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.

Day of marriage July 22, 1921

  • The temperature on July 22, 1921 was between 7.9 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (28%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
    • March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
    • June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
    • July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
    • August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
    • October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.

Day of death October 9, 1945

  • The temperature on October 9, 1945 was between 7.5 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
    • January 16 » Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
    • February 15 » World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden.
    • March 22 » World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.
    • April 25 » Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two.
    • May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
    • August 17 » Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.


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