Genealogy Besselse » Thomas Sijmensma (1914-1943)
Personal data Thomas Sijmensma
- He was born on January 15, 1914 in Amsterdam.
- He died on October 19, 1943 in Birma, he was 29 years old.
- He is buried in Birma Myanmar Thanbyuzayat.
- This information was last updated on February 23, 2020.
Household of Thomas Sijmensma
He is married to Fijtje Besselse.
They got married on March 25, 1938 at Breukelen-Nijenrode, he was 24 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Sonja Juanita Agnes Sijmensma 1939-2017
Notes about Thomas Sijmensma
Als wees is hij in 1920 naar een klooster of jongensschool in Dreumel gegaan.
Daar is hij opgeleid tot priester waarna hij ook nog een opleiding in een Frans klooster in Parijs heeft gevolgd.
Na uitzending naar Frans-Polynesië Tahiti of Haiti als missionaris, kwam hij terug naar Nederland, waar hij als leraar Frans aan de slag wilde.
Omdat hij geen werk kon vinden is hij uiteindelijk bij de KNIL terecht gekomen.
Hij is gestorven als POW in Apalon, Taungdwingy en herbegraven op de cemetery van Thanbyuzayat Vak D 2 Rij J Nr 10
Second World War victim
Image(s) Thomas Sijmensma
Ancestors (and descendant) of Thomas Sijmensma
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Historical events
Birthday January 15, 1914
- The temperature on January 15, 1914 was between -6.9 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -4.0 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
- January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
- May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
- August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
- August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
- September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
- October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
Day of marriage March 25, 1938
- The temperature on March 25, 1938 was between 2.9 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 13.4 mm of rain during 10.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
- January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
- April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
- April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
- June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
- July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
- November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.
Day of death October 19, 1943
- The temperature on October 19, 1943 was between 8.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
- February 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
- February 27 » In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
- April 26 » The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
- August 1 » World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
- August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
- November 6 » The 1st Ukrainian Front, led by general Nikolai Vatutin, liberates Kyiv from fascist occupation.
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- 1943 » Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
- 1944 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)
- 1945 » N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
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The Genealogy Besselse publication was prepared by R. Annokkee.
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R. Annokkee, "Genealogy Besselse", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-besselse/I66.php : accessed February 24, 2026), "Thomas Sijmensma (1914-1943)".
R. Annokkee, "Genealogy Besselse", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-besselse/I66.php : accessed February 24, 2026), "Thomas Sijmensma (1914-1943)".