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Personal data Willem Jan Zijlstra 


Household of Willem Jan Zijlstra

He is married to Grietje Henderika Prummel.

They got married on November 9, 1942 at Groningen (Gr), he was 28 years old.Source 2

The couple were divorced on May 25, 1948.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Jan Zijlstra

Jacob Gerlofs Zijlstra
1840-1933
Ybeltje Jans van der Veen
± 1845-1917
Jan Zijlstra
1871-????
Hiltje Wilman
1876-????

Willem Jan Zijlstra
1914-????

1942

Grietje Henderika Prummel
1920-????


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Vlagtwedde 1914
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Historical events

Birthday April 14, 1914

  • The temperature on April 14, 1914 was between 3.4 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
    • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
    • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
    • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
    • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
    • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Day of marriage November 9, 1942

  • The temperature on November 9, 1942 was between 1.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
    • May 27 » World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
    • June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
    • June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
    • July 19 » World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
    • July 22 » The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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