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Personal data Jan Willem Rolfes 


Household of Jan Willem Rolfes

He is married to Anna Angela Gepken.

They got married on November 18, 1939 at Emmen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Gré Rolfes  1940-2022
  3. Johan - Jo Rolfes  1946-2015

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  1. Johan Bernard (Broer) Berens CBB134 https://fjmblom.home.xs4all.nl/
    Pauline Berens: Genealogienetwerk zus Greetje Berens voorheen EemslandBoekweitBoerenImmigratie
    https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-dutch-connection/I21617.php
  2. Johan Bernard (Broer) Berens CBB134
  3. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/111086783 Johan Bernard (Broer) Berens CBB134

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Birthday May 18, 1914

  • The temperature on May 18, 1914 was between 10.2 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
    • August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
    • August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
    • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
    • November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
    • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Day of marriage November 18, 1939

  • The temperature on November 18, 1939 was between 5.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
    • April 30 » NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
    • June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
    • December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.
    • December 15 » Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
    • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

Day of death April 5, 2001

  • The temperature on April 5, 2001 was between 4.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
    • January 20 » President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
    • March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
    • April 7 » Mars Odyssey is launched.
    • May 6 » During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
    • June 23 » The 8.4 Mw  southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
    • July 24 » Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.


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