Family tree Van Willigen » Jan van Woerkum (1874-1938)

Personal data Jan van Woerkum 


Household of Jan van Woerkum

He is married to Dirkje Klop.

They got married on December 31, 1896 at Haaften, he was 22 years old.Source 2


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    Sources

    1. 21
    2. 17

    Historical events

    Day of marriage December 31, 1896

    Day of death June 19, 1938

    • The temperature on June 19, 1938 was between 9.8 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
      • April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
      • June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
      • June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
      • July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
      • September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
      • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
    

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    • 1932 » Sol Plaatje, South African journalist and activist (b. 1876)
    • 1937 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (b. 1860)
    • 1939 » Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
    • 1940 » Maurice Jaubert, French composer and conductor (b. 1900)
    • 1941 » C. V. Hartman, Swiss botanist and anthropologist (b. 1862)
    • 1941 » Otto Hirsch, German jurist and politician (b. 1885)

    About the surname Van Woerkum


    The Family tree Van Willigen publication was prepared by Rob van Willigen (contact is not possible).
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    Rob van Willigen, "Family tree Van Willigen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-van-willigen/I19703.php : accessed February 1, 2026), "Jan van Woerkum (1874-1938)".