Family tree Dijkstra » Roelf Spijk (1917-1995)

Personal data Roelf Spijk 

  • He was born on October 22, 1917 in Spijk.
  • Record.
    Je was een man, pa, opa en vriend waar je op kon bouwen. Achter je ligt een leven van hard werken en dit bepaalde een groot deel de mens die je was. Je hebt veel bereikt en wij zijn dankbaar voor alles wat je voor ons hebt betekend. Je was uniek. We zullen je missen.
  • He died on April 28, 1995 in Uithuizen, he was 77 years old.
  • He is buried on May 2, 1995 in Spijk.
  • This information was last updated on October 5, 2008.

Household of Roelf Spijk

He is married to Hendrikje Dijkstra.

They got married on July 3, 1945, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Klaas Spijk  1952- 

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Roelf Spijk?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!

Ancestors (and descendant) of Roelf Spijk


With Quick Search you can search by name, first name followed by a last name. You type in a few letters (at least 3) and a list of personal names within this publication will immediately appear. The more characters you enter the more specific the results. Click on a person's name to go to that person's page.

  • You can enter text in lowercase or uppercase.
  • If you are not sure about the first name or exact spelling, you can use an asterisk (*). Example: "*ornelis de b*r" finds both "cornelis de boer" and "kornelis de buur".
  • It is not possible to enter charachters outside the standard alphabet (so no diacritic characters like ö and é).



Visualize another relationship

The data shown has no sources.

Historical events

  • The temperature on October 22, 1917 was between 5.0 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
    • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
    • October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
    • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
    • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
    • November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
  • The temperature on July 3, 1945 was between 8.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • February 9 » World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: HMSVenturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
    • April 6 » World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
    • April 29 » World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.
    • May 2 » World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
    • May 2 » World War II: The surrender of Caserta comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting.
    • August 17 » The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.
  • The temperature on April 28, 1995 was between 4.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (24%). 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, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.
    • March 16 » Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
    • April 7 » First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
    • October 16 » The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.
    • October 30 » Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.
    • December 19 » The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Native American tribe.
  • The temperature on May 2, 1995 was between 8.0 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
    • March 2 » Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
    • April 19 » Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
    • July 5 » Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
    • July 23 » Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
    • September 6 » Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
    • October 30 » Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Spijk

  • View the information that Genealogie Online has about the surname Spijk.
  • Check the information Open Archives has about Spijk.
  • Check the Wie (onder)zoekt wie? register to see who is (re)searching Spijk.

When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin:
Nieko Dijkstra, "Family tree Dijkstra", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-dijkstra/I422.php : accessed January 25, 2026), "Roelf Spijk (1917-1995)".