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Personal data Meindert Wilpstra 


Household of Meindert Wilpstra

He is married to Aaltje Zijlstra.

They got married on August 28, 1940 at Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 20 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Meindert Wilpstra

Meindert Hendriks Wilpstra
1854-1914
Feikje Filippus Pot
1850-1931
Rinze de Wind
1869-1948
Jeltje van der Veen
1866-1933

Meindert Wilpstra
1920-1991

1940

Aaltje Zijlstra
1922-2001


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Sources

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  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/2256292/wilpstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1940, Leeuwarden

Historical events

Birthday January 31, 1920

  • The temperature on January 31, 1920 was between 1.1 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
    • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
    • June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
    • August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
    • December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
    • December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.

Day of marriage August 28, 1940

  • The temperature on August 28, 1940 was between 5.9 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
    • May 10 » World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.
    • June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
    • September 12 » An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
    • September 14 » Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
    • November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.

Day of death January 7, 1991

  • The temperature on January 7, 1991 was between 5.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
    • April 4 » Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
    • April 9 » Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
    • April 29 » A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.
    • May 15 » Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister.
    • September 29 » A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
    • October 30 » The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.


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