Family tree Ham en Dallinga » Hendrik Boxma (1907-1944)

Personal data Hendrik Boxma 


Household of Hendrik Boxma

He is married to Ida Blok.

They got married on May 23, 1931 at Loppersum, he was 24 years old.


Notes about Hendrik Boxma

Op 17 september 1944 riep Radio Oranje de spoorwegstaking uit: "De kinderen van Versteeg moeten onder de wol". Hendrik nam deel aan de spoorwegstaking om de Duitsers te saboteren. Hij dook meteen aan het begin van de staking onder, maar de Duitsers ontdekten zijn onderduikadres. Op het station in Groningen werd Hendrik Boxma voor de ogen van zijn collega's gefusilleerd door een Duits vuurpeleton. Dit moest een waarschuwing zijn voor collega's bij de NS. Hendrik werd begraven op de begraafplaats Selwerderhof.


Hendrik Boxma woonde in Groningen aan de Bedumerweg 91a. Hij was de zoon van spoorwegarbeider/rangeerder Jacob Boxma (23 december 1881 Hooghalen - 6 maart 1931 Haren, Groningen, Boxma sr. kwam tijdens zijn werk om, toen hij door een rangerende trein werd gegrepen) en overwegwachteres Hendrikje Jantje Koenderink (3 mei 1884 Nijehaske, gemeente Haskerland – 8 maart 1974 Delfzijl). Op 23 mei 1931 huwde hij met dienstmeid Ida Blok (20 april 1899 Loppersum - 6 mei 1987 Groningen). Het echtpaar kreeg twee kinderen, Jacob en Frederik.

Hendrik Boxma was Rangeerder bij de Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS). In september 1944 werd door de Nederlandse regering in ballingschap de Spoorwegstaking afgekondigd. Boxma reageerde hierop door onder te duiken. Op 23 september 1944 werd hij op zijn onderduikadres gearresteerd door SD-handlanger Harry Bouman (Polizeiangestellter Harm – Harry – Bouman (1 november 1917 Heusden – 24 december 2001 Breda) en doodgeschoten op het perron van de NS te Groningen.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hendrik Boxma

Hendrik Boxma
1852-1934
Grietje Feunekes
1855-1891
Jacob Boxma
1881-1931

Hendrik Boxma
1907-1944

1931

Ida Blok
1899-1987


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    Birthday March 19, 1907

    • The temperature on March 19, 1907 was between 3.2 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
      • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
      • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
      • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
      • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
      • December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
      • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

    Day of marriage May 23, 1931

    • The temperature on May 23, 1931 was between 4.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (73%). 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
      • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
      • March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
      • May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
      • July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
      • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
      • November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.

    Day of death September 23, 1944

    • The temperature on September 23, 1944 was between 7.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 20.2 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (24%). 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • August 1 » World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
      • September 3 » Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
      • October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
      • October 27 » World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
      • November 16 » World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.
      • December 15 » World War II: a single-engine UC-64A Norseman aeroplane carrying United States Army Air Forces Major Glenn Miller is lost in a flight over the English Channel.
    

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