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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.
    • July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
    • August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
    • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
    • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
    • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
    • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.

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.
    • January 12 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
    • February 14 » Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
    • August 23 » World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
    • September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
    • November 12 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.
    • December 2 » World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.


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Source: Wikipedia


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