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Notes about Tjeerd Klazes van der Draai

Hij was lijkkistenmaker en woonde in een dubbelhuis dat bij de 10de wyk en de vaart stond waarin 3 gezinnen woonden. Het huis werd ook wel het “Armenhuis” genoemd.
Tjeerd van der Draai is via de Arbeitseinsatz op 10 april 1942 in Bremen aangekomen en door een trein terwijl hij op het spoor stond al op 27 april 1942 om het leven is gekomen.
Hij is begraven in Hoornsterzwaag.
Due to its records, T. van der Draai died on 27th of April 1942 but not from injuries caused by a bomb attack. A train hit him while he was standing on the tracks and brought him to death.
Possibly he was working as a construction worker in the railroad station.
T. van der Draai was among those foreign workers forced to Germany in the second half of the Second World War, since he had arrived in Bremen on 10th of April 1942.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Tjeerd Klazes van der Draai

Andries Jans van der Draai
± 1834-????
Jantje Klazes Veenstra
± 1837-????
Tjeerd Hendriks van der Iest
1833-????
Grietje Engberts de Vries
1838-1873

Tjeerd Klazes van der Draai
1891-1942


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Historical events

Birthday March 12, 1891

  • The temperature on March 12, 1891 was about 3.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • 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.
    • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
    • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
    • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.

Day of death April 27, 1942

  • The temperature on April 27, 1942 was between 5.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
    • April 3 » World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
    • June 3 » World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
    • August 6 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
    • September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
    • October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.


Same birth/death day

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