Family tree Meiling » Willem Gerards (1920-1956)
Personal data Willem Gerards
- He was born on April 4, 1920.
- He died on July 19, 1956 in Harderwijk, Gelderland, The Netherlands, he was 36 years old.
OverledeneWillem Gerards
BeroepMetselaar
GeslachtMan
Leeftijd36
VaderPeter Gerards
MoederBerendina Meiling
(ex-)partnerIemke Scheepstra
GeslachtVrouw
GebeurtenisOverlijden
Datum19-07-1956
GebeurtenisplaatsHarderwijk
DocumenttypeBS Overlijden
ErfgoedinstellingGelders Archief
Plaats instellingArnhem
CollectiegebiedGelderland
Archief0207A
Registratienummer17146
Aktenummer83
Registratiedatum20-07-1956
AkteplaatsHarderwijk
CollectieHarderwijk - A child of Peter Gerards and Berendina Meiling
- This information was last updated on April 13, 2021.
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Birthday April 4, 1920
- The temperature on April 4, 1920 was between 3.7 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
- January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
- January 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
- February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
- February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
- August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
- October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
Day of death July 19, 1956
- The temperature on July 19, 1956 was between 15.5 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 12.1 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
- January 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
- September 13 » The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
- October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
- November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.
- December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
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Gert Meiling, "Family tree Meiling", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-meiling/I4977.php : accessed January 10, 2026), "Willem Gerards (1920-1956)".