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Personal data Willem VAN DER MEER 

  • He was born on December 18, 1891 in Stad-Almelo.
    Tijdstip: 14:00
  • Birth registration on December 19, 1891.Source 1
  • Profession: Nachtportier.
  • Religion: Nederlands Hervormd.
  • Resident:
  • He died on February 22, 1944 in Nijmegen, he was 52 years old.
    Willem van der Meer is omgekomen bij het Amerikaanse Bombardement, aan de Bloemerstraat 45A, te Nijmegen. Ook zijn dochter Gerritdina Remkes - van der Meer kwam om bij dit bombardement.
    Bij dit bombardement kwamen 800 burgers om en werd een deel van centrum van Nijmegen vernield. De Bloemerstraat was een van de zwaarst getroffen straten in de binnenstad.

    Volgens www.online-begraafplaasen.nl zou hij begravenzijn op de Algemene Begraafplaats aan de Graafseweg is in 1881 aangelegd ter vervanging van de drie bestaande kerkhoven in de buitenwijken Hatert, Hees en Neerbosch, die in de jaren 1881 en 1890 waren gesloten. Een uitbreiding van de begraafplaats aan de Graafseweg kwam er in 1903.
    Veel slachtoffers van het bombardement van 22 februari 1944 werden hier begraven. Nadat op 26 februari 1944 in De Vereeniging een burgerlijke, niet-kerkelijke rouwplechtigheid had plaatsgevonden, trok de stoet met een ‘onbekend slachtoffer’, waaraan tienduizenden Nijmegenaren deelnamen, naar de Algemene Begraafplaats aan de Graafseweg. Daar werden enkele honderden slachtoffers in massagraven begraven. De oorlogsslachtoffers zijn later op het ereveld van de Algemene begraafplaats Vredehof herbegraven, een aantal van hen heeft in overleg met de nabestaanden elders een laatste rustplaats gevonden. Op de begraafplaats staat sinds 2006 een monument ter herdenking van de slachtoffers van het bombardement.
    Na 1961 werden er lange tijd geen nieuwe graven uitgegeven, wel vonden er nog bijzettingen plaats. In 1980 is het zuidwestelijk gedeelte van de begraafplaats ontruimd om plaats te maken voor een plantsoen en speelplaats. Inmiddels beheert Stichting Begraafplaatsen Nijmegen de Algemene Begraafplaats aan de Graafseweg en worden hier weer overledenen ter aarde besteld.
    Tijdstip: 13:30
  • Death registration on February 28, 1944.Source 2
  • A child of Hendrik VAN DER MEER and Gerritdina TER STAL
  • This information was last updated on January 5, 2022.

Household of Willem VAN DER MEER

He is married to Johanna Frederika BROUWER.

They got married on August 3, 1921 at Arnhem, he was 29 years old.Source 3

Willem van der Meer en Johanna Frederika Brouwer wettigen bij het huwelijk een kind genaamd Gerritdina van der Meer.

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    Sources

    1. Geboorteakte B.S. Stad-Almelo, nr. 265
    2. Overlijdensakte B.S. Nijmegen, nr. 570
    3. Huwelijksakte B.S. Arnhem, nr. 406

    Historical events

    Birthday December 18, 1891

    • The temperature on December 18, 1891 was about -0.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
      • February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
      • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
      • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
      • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
      • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.

    Day of marriage August 3, 1921

    • The temperature on August 3, 1921 was between 11.9 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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.
      • August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
      • October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
      • October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
      • October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
      • November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
      • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

    Day of death February 22, 1944

    • The temperature on February 22, 1944 was between -2.7 and 4.0 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (83%). 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • April 17 » Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
      • July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
      • August 6 » The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
      • August 12 » Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
      • September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
      • November 3 » World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
    

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