Descendants Hemerik-Broekhuizen-Huner-Koper-Barink » Jacobus Theodorus Blankenstijn (1919-1940)

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Dienstplichtig Soldaat
3e compagnie 17e Grensbataljon
Voornaam:Jacobus Theodorus
Achternaam: Blankenstijn
Geboortedatum: 28 maart 1919
Geboorteplaats: Leiden
Overlijdensdatum: 23 juli 1940
Locatie sneuvelen: Wessen, zw gw in kaz. no. B-5
Begraafplaats: Militair Ereveld Loenen
Grafnummer: A - Graf 151
Functie: 1e Sectie
Religie: Nederlands Hervormd

De soldaat Blankenstijn werd bij KB van mei 1946 postuum het Bronzen Kruis toegekend, met als considerans: "Heeft zich door moedig optreden tegenover den vijand onderscheiden, door als helper bij den zwaren mitrailleur in Kazemat B 5 in het gevechtbij Wessem aan de Maas op 10 mei 1940 - toen de kazematcommandant was gesneuveld - onder 's vijands artilleriebeschieting en ondanks talrijke voltreffers op de kazemat de verdediging voort te zetten en den vijand verliezen toe te brengen totdat een voltreffer hem ernstig verwondde. Is later aan zijn verwondingen overleden.


Second World War victim


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jacobus Theodorus Blankenstijn

Jacobus Theodorus Blankenstijn
1868-1952
Catharina van der Huijzen
1868-1938
Adrianus Wilhelm Piekaar
1862-????
Lena Korenhof
1864-????

Jacobus Theodorus Blankenstijn
1919-1940


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Sources

  1. Erfgoed Leiden eo: Geboorteakten 1919, archiefnummer 1420, Stadsarchief van Leiden (Stadsbestuur (SA III)) (1816-1929), inventarisnummer 4785, aktenummer 378 Gemeente Leiden
  2. Historisch Centrum Limburg BS Overlijden Venlo, archief 12.120, inventaris­num­mer 137, 24 juli 1940, aktenummer 215

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Birthday March 28, 1919

  • The temperature on March 28, 1919 was between -0.7 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
    • January 22 » Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
    • February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
    • June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
    • September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
    • September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.

Day of death July 24, 1940

  • The temperature on July 24, 1940 was between 10.4 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
    • May 5 » World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
    • June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
    • August 6 » Estonia is illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
    • October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
    • November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.

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