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Personal data Wilhelmus Gastelaar 

  • He was born in the year 1877 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, Kralingen.
  • He died on August 31, 1959 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, he was 82 years old.
    OverledeneWilhelmus Gastelaar
    GeboorteplaatsKralingen
    Leeftijd82 jaar
    VaderWilhelmus Gastelaar
    MoederJohanna Dekker
    Eerdere partnerMaria Schaftenaar
    GebeurtenisOverlijden
    Datum31-08-1959
    GebeurtenisplaatsRotterdam
    DocumenttypeBS Overlijden
    ErfgoedinstellingStadsarchief Rotterdam
    Plaats instellingRotterdam
    CollectiegebiedZuid-Holland
    Archief999-09
    Registratienummer1959B3
    Aktenummer1959.1948
    Paginab3-087v
    Registratiedatum1959
    AkteplaatsRotterdam
    CollectieBurgerlijke Stand Rotterdam, overlijdensakten
    BoekNadere toegang op het overlijdensregister van de gemeente Rotterdam
  • This information was last updated on December 7, 2022.

Household of Wilhelmus Gastelaar

He is married to Maria Schaftenaar.

They got married on January 5, 1898 at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, he was 21 years old.

BruidegomWilhelmus Gastelaar
GeboorteplaatsKralingen
Leeftijd21
BruidMaria Schaftenaar
GeboorteplaatsDeventer
Leeftijd20
Vader van de bruidegomWilhelmus Gastelaar
Moeder van de bruidegomJohanna Dekker
Vader van de bruidSamuel Schaftenaar
Moeder van de bruidLijkel Talhout
GebeurtenisHuwelijk
Datum05-01-1898
GebeurtenisplaatsRotterdam
DocumenttypeBS Huwelijk
ErfgoedinstellingStadsarchief Rotterdam
Plaats instellingRotterdam
CollectiegebiedZuid-Holland
Archief999-06
Registratienummer1898B
Paginab3
Registratiedatum05-01-1898
AkteplaatsRotterdam
CollectieNadere toegang op het huwelijksregister van de gemeente Rotterdam

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Historical events

Day of death August 31, 1959

  • The temperature on August 31, 1959 was between 10.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • January 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
    • January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
    • June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
    • July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
    • August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
    • November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.


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