Family tree Steenbergen, van Kimmenaede, de Smit and Lensen » Esther (Hetty) Buijs (1881-1944)

Personal data Esther (Hetty) Buijs 

  • She was born on January 11, 1881 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland.Source 1
    Aktenummer: 367
  • Birth registration on January 11, 1881.Source 2
  • Facts:
  • Resident starting January 11, 1881: Rapenburgerstraat 141, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland.
    Geboren
  • She died on January 28, 1944 in Auschwitz (Oświęcim), Polen, she was 63 years old.Source 3
    Last Name: Werkendam
    First Name: Esther
    Maiden Name: Buijs
    Gender: Female
    Date of Birth: 11/1/1881
    Place of Birth: Amsterdam,Noordholland,The Netherlands
    Place during the War: The Netherlands
    Place of Death: Auschwitz,Camp,Poland
    Date of Death: 28-1-1944
    Status according to Source: deported to an extermination camp
    Source: In Memoriam - Nederlandse oorlogsslachtoffers, Nederlandse Oorlogsgravenstichting, `s-Gravenhage (Dutch Victims, Dutch War Victims Authority; courtesy of the Association of Yad Vashem Friends in Netherlands, Amsterdam)
    Type of material: List of murdered Jews from the Netherlands
    Item ID: 4308974

    Aktenummer: 38
  • Death registration on December 27, 1951.Source 4
  • This information was last updated on May 14, 2024.

Household of Esther (Hetty) Buijs

She is married to Zadok Werkendam.

They got married on November 20, 1901 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland, she was 20 years old.Source 1

Aktenummer: 3906

Child(ren):

  4. Henriette Werkendam  1911-1954
  5. Max Werkendam  1917-1945


Notes about Esther (Hetty) Buijs

Esther Buijs is op 25-01-1944 getransporteerd van Kamp Westerbork naar Auschwitz.


Second World War victim


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Esther (Hetty) Buijs

Esther (Hetty) Buijs
1881-1944

1901

Zadok Werkendam
1881-1944

Mozes (Maurice) Werkendam
1902-1976
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Nathan (Nanny) Werkendam
1909-1942
Henriette Werkendam
1911-1954
Max Werkendam
1917-1945

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Sources

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  3. yadvashem.org
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Historical events

Birthday January 11, 1881

  • The temperature on January 11, 1881 was about -2.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
    • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
    • September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
    • November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
    • November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
    • December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

Day of marriage November 20, 1901

  • The temperature on November 20, 1901 was between 8.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
    • September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
    • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
    • September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
    • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
    • December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

Day of death January 28, 1944

  • The temperature on January 28, 1944 was between 8.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • April 17 » Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
    • June 15 » In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
    • June 17 » Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
    • June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
    • July 18 » World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
    • August 28 » World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.


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