Henglias; the collected data of the Hengelo population » Meijer van der Wijk (1902-1943)

Personal data Meijer van der Wijk 

  • He was born on April 3, 1902 in Nijmegen.
    zoon van Hijman van der Wijk en Jacoba Bierman
  • Profession: koopman.
  • Resident until 1943: Wolter ten Catestraat 24, Hengelo.
  • He died on April 30, 1943 in Oświęcim, Polen, he was 41 years old.
    concentratiekamp Auschwitz
  • This information was last updated on October 24, 2021.

Household of Meijer van der Wijk

He is married to Bertha Kets De Vries.

They got married on November 14, 1929 at Hengelo, he was 27 years old.


Second World War victim


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Historical events

  • The temperature on April 3, 1902 was between -1.4 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
    • March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
    • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
    • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
    • June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
    • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
  • The temperature on April 30, 1943 was between 5.8 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • March 2 » World War II: Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
    • April 8 » Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities.
    • May 17 » World War II: Dambuster Raids commence by No. 617 Squadron RAF.
    • June 3 » In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
    • October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
    • December 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.


Same birth/death day

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About the surname Van der Wijk


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Jan Verkade, "Henglias; the collected data of the Hengelo population", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/henglias/I76023.php : accessed May 30, 2024), "Meijer van der Wijk (1902-1943)".