Family tree Brouwer - Koster » John van der Wal (1914-1968)
Personal data John van der Wal
Source 1- He was born on March 11, 1914 in Sioux Center, Sioux, Iowa, United States.Source 1
- Resident:
- in the year 1920: Holland, Sioux, Iowa, United States.Source 2
- in the year 1925: Sioux Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States.
- in the year 1925: Sioux Township, Sioux, Iowa, United States.Source 2
- He died on September 5, 1968 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States, he was 54 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus, California, United States.Source 2
- A child of Sam Vander Wal and Clara Vander Wal
Household of John van der Wal
He is married to Jeanette Schemper.
They got married on June 11, 1938 at Los Angeles, California, United States, he was 24 years old.Source 2
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Sources
- FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch.org, "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDMV-21Q : accessed 24 March 2019), John van der Wal in household of Sam van der Wal, Holland, Sioux, Iowa, United States; citing ED 164, sheet 1B, line 92, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 514; FHL microfilm 1,820,514.
John van der Wal in household of Sam van der Wal, "United States Census, 1920"
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Historical events
Birthday March 11, 1914
- The average temperature on March 11, 1914 was 2.3 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
- July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
- August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
- September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
- September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
- December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of marriage June 11, 1938
- The temperature on June 11, 1938 was between 5.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 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.
- June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
- June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
- July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
- July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
- July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
- October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
Day of death September 5, 1968
- The temperature on September 5, 1968 was between 10.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
- January 22 » Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
- April 11 » Assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement.
- July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
- October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
- November 1 » The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
- December 22 » Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
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