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Personal data Jan "John" Valk 

  • Nickname is John.
  • He was born on October 22, 1891 in Warffum (Gr).
  • He died on March 22, 1961 in Fulton (Whiteside County-Illinois-USA), he was 69 years old.
    Tijdstip: 09:30
  • He is buried in Fulton (Whiteside County-Illinois-USA) op Fulton Township Cemetery.
  • This information was last updated on September 2, 2018.

Household of Jan "John" Valk

He is married to Johanna Vanderschaaf.

They got married on August 28, 1912 at Fulton (Whiteside County-Illinois-USA), he was 20 years old.


Notes about Jan "John" Valk

The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois March 23, 1961 - Thursday, page 2]

JOHN VALK, 69, retired farmer, died at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Jane Lamb Hospital in Clinton, Iowa, where he had been a patient for the past six weeks. The body was brought to the Sikkema Funeral Home where friends may call. Funeral services will be conducted in the First Reformed Church, the Rev. Ray Olthof, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery.

Mr. Valk was born in the Netherlands on Oct 22, 1891. He came to the United States in 1892. He was educated in the Whiteside County schools. He was married to Johanna Vander Shaaf of Newton Township on Aug. 28, 1912. He was a member of the First Reformed Church. Survivors are three daughters, Miss Helen, at home; Mrs. George (Loretta) Wiebenga, Fulton; Mrs. Marvin (Francis) Geerts, Sterling; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, two brothers, one in infancy and Frank Valk. [Contributed by Melva L. Taylor.
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Historical events

Birthday October 22, 1891

  • The temperature on October 22, 1891 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
    • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
    • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Day of death March 22, 1961

  • The temperature on March 22, 1961 was between -1.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • February 15 » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
    • March 1 » Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
    • June 4 » Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
    • August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
    • September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
    • December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.


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