Family tree Severijn » Samuel (Sam) van der Valk (1903-1988)

Personal data Samuel (Sam) van der Valk 


Household of Samuel (Sam) van der Valk

He is married to Hendrika Margaretha (Riek) Valk.

They got married on January 6, 1926 at 's-Gravenhage, he was 22 years old.


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Notes about Samuel (Sam) van der Valk

Samuel was de oudste firmant in de schoenenketen Van Der Valk in D en Haag.

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  • The temperature on June 4, 1903 was between 7.6 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (80%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
    • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
    • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
    • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
    • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
    • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
  • The temperature on January 6, 1926 was between 0.6 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
    • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
    • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
    • August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
    • November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
    • December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
  • The temperature on August 4, 1988 was between 9.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
    • April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
    • May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
    • May 14 » Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
    • October 19 » The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
    • November 15 » The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.


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Gijsbertus Cornelis (Bert) Severijn, "Family tree Severijn", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-severijn/I43.php : accessed January 8, 2026), "Samuel (Sam) van der Valk (1903-1988)".