When Hendrikus Wilhelmus Gerardus Wijnands was born on 25 February 1907, in Maasbree, Limburg, Netherlands, his father, Peter Johannes Wijnands, was 27 and his mother, Wilhelmina Aerts, was 27. He married Louisa Petronella Giesen on 23 April 1928, in Helden, Limburg, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 21 August 1978, in Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands, at the age of 71.