Historical Context:

1. -1932: Zuider Zee Project commences
   

2. -1933: Hitler appointed a Chancellor of Germany
   

3. -1939: Dutch government opens Westerbork as a refugee camp
   

4. -September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland and World War II commences.
   

    Netherlands declares neutrality: WWII

    England and Canada declare war on Nazi Germany

1. -May 1940:
   

    Germany invades Netherlands

    Germany severely bombs Rotterdam

    Netherlands surrenders and becomes occupied territory

1. -   Queen Wilhelmina evacuates to England establishes government in exile
   

- 1940: Princess Juliana in exile in Ottawa

- January 1941: Princess Margriet is born in Ottawa Canada

1. -December 1941:
   

    Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

    USA enters WWII

- 1942: Nazis convert Westerbork refugee camp into a deportation camp.

Irene Blass-Plug (wife of Johannes Plug and sister-in-law of Pieter Plug) and Anne Frank were  both interned in Westerbork before being send to their deaths in Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen respectively.

- 1942: Construction of the “Atlantic Wall” begins in Noordwijk

- 1944: Nazis commence V-1 rocket attacks on London from Noordwijk area

- June 1944: D-Day invasion by Allied Forces

1. -May 1945: Netherlands is liberated by Canadian forces.
   

2. -May 1945: VE Day (Victory in Europe)
   

3. -August 1945: VJ Day (Victory in Japan)
   

4. -June 1947: The Pieter Plug family (with wife Neeltje Lindhout and children Willem, Hendrick, Jacoba, Artje, Johannes and Pieter) emigrate to Canada, aboard the SS Waterman, and take up residence in Sarnia Ontario.
   

5. - Sept 1948: Queen Wilhelmina abdicates the Dutch throne in favour of her daughter Juliana
   

6. -1949: Mao Zedong establishes the People’s Republic of China
   

7. -1953 (May): Tornado strikes Sarnia
   

8. -1967: Canada’s Centennial
   

9. -1969: First Man on the Moon
   

10. -1980: Queen Juliana abdicates the Dutch throne in favour of her daughter Beatrix
    

11. -1986: Bill Vander Zalm (a native of Noordwijkerhout NL) is elected Premier of British Columbia
    

12. -1989: Canada/US Free Trade Agreement
    

13. -1992: North American FTA (NAFTA)
    

14. -1992: Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series (of Major League Baseball)
    

15. -1993: Maastricht Treaty - formation of the European Union
    

16. -1998: Google is founded in Menlo Park CA
    

17. -2000: Population estimates:
    

    ..World - 6.1 billion

    ..Europe - 700 million

    ..Netherlands - 16 million

    ..Canada - 31 million

1. -2001: Terrorist attacks on World Trade Center in NYC and Pentagon in Washington DC
   

2. -2012 (Oct): Hurricane Sandy strikes the Caribbean and eastern North America
   

3. -2013:  Queen Beatrix abdicates the Dutch throne in favour of her son Willem-Alexander ....becoming the first Dutch king in 123 years since the death (in 1890) of his great great grandfather, King Willem III)

Born:                                                                  Married: Greta Kuindersma

                                                                                            24 June 1953

Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland NL                                                  Sarnia, Ontario CANADA

Emigrated: June 1947

Children:

Parents:

- Pieter Plug (b.1903  d.1976)

1. -Neeltje Lindhout (b.1901 d.1979)