Born: 12 January 1930

- Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, NETHERLANDS

Married:

Eva Johnston -  1956

1. -Sarnia, Ontario CANADA
   

Lila Yule -  15 August 1987

1. -Cobble Hill, British Columbia CANADA
   

 

Died: 21 February 2001

- Duncan, British Columbia CANADA

Emigrated: June 1947

1. -from The Netherlands to Canada
   

2. -aboard the SS Waterman
   

Parents:

- Pieter Plug (b.1903  d.1976)

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

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Historical Context:

1. -1930: Chrysler Building is completed in New York City
   

2. -1930: First FIFA World Cup is held in Uruguay
   

3. -also born in 1930: Clint Eastwood, Neil Armstrong (d. 2012), Jacques Parizeau (d. 2015), Sean Connery, Warren Buffett
   

4. -1932: Zuider Zee Project commences
   

5. -1933: Hitler appointed a Chancellor of Germany
   

6. -1939: Dutch government opens Westerbork as a refugee camp
   

7. -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

    Queen Wilhelmina evacuates to England establishes government in exile

- 1940: Princess Juliana in exile 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 aunt of Bill Plug) and Anne Frank were  both interned in Westerbork before being send to their deaths in Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen respectively.

1. -1942: Construction of the “Atlantic Wall” begins in Noordwijk
   

2. -January 1943: Princess Margriet is born in Ottawa Canada
   

3. -- 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 Queen Juliana
   

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

7. -1967: Canada’s Centennial
   

8. -1969: First Man on the Moon
   

9. -1986: Bill Vander Zalm (a native of Noordwijkerhout NL) is elected Premier of British Columbia
   

10. -1989: Canada/US Free Trade Agreement
    

11. -1992: North American FTA (NAFTA)
    

12. -1993: Maastricht Treaty - formation of the European Union
    

13. -2000: Population estimates:
    

    ..World - 6.1 billion

    ..Europe - 700 million

    ..Netherlands - 16 million

    ..Canada - 31 million