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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.
      • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
      • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
      • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
      • October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
      • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
      • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

    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 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
      • May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
      • June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
      • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
      • October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

    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.
      • February 20 » World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
      • March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
      • August 21 » Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
      • August 26 » World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
      • October 13 » World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.
      • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
    

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