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Household of John H Hoekstra

He is married to Adelaide Wandscheer.

They got married on August 27, 1943 at Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, he was 24 years old.


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Notes about John H Hoekstra

He was born on Dec. 18, 1918, in Blomke st, the son of Henry W. and Anna (Vander Bleek) Hoekstra. He graduated from W illmar High School, Central College in Pella, Iowa, and Western Theological S eminary in Holland,
Mich. He married Adelaide Wandscheer on Aug. 27, 1943, at Sioux Center. He was an ordained pastor, and he and his wife served the Beth el Reformed Church in Lester, Iowa, for four years; the Aurora Reformed Churc h in Stickney, S.D., for four years; the Nooksack Valley Reformed Church in Nooksack, Wash., for four years; the First Reformed Church in Alexander, Iow a, for five years; the Stout Reformed Church in Stout, Iowa, for seven years; and the Faith Reformed Church in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., for seven years. Th ey then moved to Sioux Center, where he was a minister of calling at Central Reformed Church for four years. He was a member of and active in Central Refo rmed Church, was a member and past president of the American Family Associati on, which gave him the God and Country Award for 10 years of service, and ser ved on the board of directors of Cutty's Resort at Lake Okoboji, Iowa.
He is survived by his wife; three sons, James (and Bea) Hoekstra of Ames, Iowa, Pa ul (and Lori) of St. Charles, Mo., and David Hoekstra of Sioux Center; five g randchildren; two brothers, Fobbie (and Henrietta) Hoekstra of Willmar, and H arvey (and Katie) Hoekstra of Blomkest; one sister, Ann DeJong of Raymond; an d other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and three sisters.

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Birthday December 18, 1918

  • The temperature on December 18, 1918 was between 1.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
    • January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
    • February 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
    • March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
    • August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
    • November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Day of marriage August 27, 1943

  • The temperature on August 27, 1943 was between 10.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
    • April 8 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
    • April 18 » World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
    • June 24 » US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
    • August 17 » World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
    • December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.

Day of death April 19, 2002

  • The average temperature on April 19, 2002 was 7.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
    • May 1 » OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.
    • July 10 » At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens's painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2million) to Lord Thomson.
    • July 15 » Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
    • October 7 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
    • October 31 » A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
    • November 15 » Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.


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