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Personal data Jay Theodore Pruis 


Household of Jay Theodore Pruis

He is married to Nellie van Wattum.

They got married on June 18, 1943 at Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI, he was 22 years old.


Notes about Jay Theodore Pruis

Jay Theodore Prius

Source: Author: Prius-Steere, J.A., Title: "Jay Theodore Pruis," (Publication location: Grand Rapids, MI, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xiii Feb MMXIV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125109326/jay-theodore-pruis

"Photo[graph of stone shared with Jennifer E. Pruis] added by j.a.pruis-steere

Jay Theodore Pruis Birth 8 Mar 1921 Death 31 Mar 1981 (aged 60) Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA Plot BLOCK 02 Lot :379 Space :5 Memorial ID 125109326

Age 60

Family Members
Parents

Albert Pruis 1896-1982
Grace Helmholdt Pruis 1896-1985

Spouse

Nellie VanWattum Pruis Ophoff 1923-1991

Maintained by: j.a.pruis-steere Originally Created by: Judith D Added: 13 Feb 2014 Find A Grave Memorial 125109326"

Chiseled into their stone: "[a cross] JAY T. PRUIS MAR. 8 1931 - MAR. 31 1981 JENNIFER E. PRUIS SEPT. 24, 1987"

It is my hypothesis 24 Sept. 1987 is both date of birth & date of death for Jennifer. - D.A. Navorska - iii June MMXIX - in proximo Grove, OK.

Author: NN (family name not provided), Thomas, Title: "Helmholdt Genealogy," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: vi Aug MMXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=helmholdt&id=I493

"... Jay Theodore PRUIS 1 ... Sex: M Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery 1

Occupation: 1943 - Soldier, 1981 - Contract Carpenter 1 1

Birth: 08 MAR 1921 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA 1 1 Death: 31 MAR 1981 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA 1

Father: Albert PRUIS b: 18 JUL 1896 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Mother: Grace HELMHOLDT b: 22 AUG 1896 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA

Marriage 1 Nellie VAN WATTUM b: 14 FEB 1923 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA Married: 18 JUN 1943 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA 1

Children

1. Living PRUIS
2. Living PRUIS

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jay Theodore Pruis

Jan Pruis
1872-1935
Martha Timmer
1871-1935
Hendrik Helmholdt
1870-1940
Stintje (Stijntje) de Vries
1873-1947
Albert Pruis
1896-1982

Jay Theodore Pruis
1921-1981

1943

Nellie van Wattum
1923-1991


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    Birthday March 8, 1921

    • The temperature on March 8, 1921 was between -1.3 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). 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.
      • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
      • April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
      • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
      • June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
      • October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
      • December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

    Day of marriage June 18, 1943

    • The temperature on June 18, 1943 was between 5.9 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (51%). 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 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.
      • January 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
      • February 14 » World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
      • March 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
      • May 30 » The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
      • 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.
      • December 24 » World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.

    Day of death March 31, 1981

    • The temperature on March 31, 1981 was between 6.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
      • March 11 » Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
      • April 4 » Iran–Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.
      • June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
      • September 1 » A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
      • October 6 » Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
      • October 14 » Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
    

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