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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.
    • March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
    • May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
    • July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
    • August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
    • August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
    • November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.

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 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
    • August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
    • September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
    • September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
    • November 10 » The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.

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.
    • January 26 » Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
    • May 19 » Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
    • July 31 » The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
    • August 22 » Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
    • August 25 » The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
    • October 3 » Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.


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