Genealogy Gomes » Machiel Witte (1895-1961)

Personal data Machiel Witte 

  • Also known as Michiel Joseph Witte.
  • He was born on January 31, 1895 in Den Burg (Texel, NH).
    Hij is geboren om 02.00u; aangifte geb op 31 jan 1895 door de vader; getuigen bij de aangifte: Tijs Flens, 63 jaar, vrachtrijder en Cornelis Visser, 23 jaar, slachter; beiden wonende op Texel
  • He was christened on January 31, 1895 in Den Burg (Texel, NH).
  • Profession: missionaris in Kenia.
  • Property: krantenartikel.
  • Religion: Rooms Katholiek.
  • He died on March 24, 1961 in Halfweg (gem. Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, NH), he was 66 years old.
  • He is buried on March 29, 1961 in het kloosterkerkhof van de Paters van de Heilige Geest in Gemert.
  • A child of Jan Witte and Antje Kuip
  • This information was last updated on August 21, 2015.

Household of Machiel Witte


Notes about Machiel Witte

De broer van de opa van Fia Witte was missionaris en heeft in Nyeri, een dorp op ca. 150 km van Nairobi een Seminarie opgericht in 1924. Hij was toen 25 jaar jong.
Een uniek water filter systeem dat door Pater Witte was uitgedacht en gebouwd werd nog steeds gebruikt (2005) voor het water dat van de berg oplaag komt. Stenen reservoirs en eindeloze watergangen en keerringen zorgen voor helder en goed drinkwater.
Naar hem is het pater Witteplein in Den Burg vernoemd.

Plein in Den Burg dat eigenlijk een hofje is en dat nabij de R.K.-kerk ligt. Het plein begint bij de linkervoorzijde van de kerk en gaat langs de kerk linksom naar het zuiden naar de Keesomlaan en achter de kerk naar de Hollewal. Genoemd naar Michael Joseph Witte, geboren op Texel op 31 januari 1895 en overleden op 24 maart 1961 te Halfweg. Witte werd geprofest in de Congregatie van de Heilige Geeest op 23 september 1917 te Gemert en tot priester gewijd op 28 augustus 1921 te Leuven. Van 1922 tot 1961 was hij werkzaam als missionaris in (Brits) Oost-Afrika. Pater Witte had zijn eigen opvattingen over de missie, was eigenwijs, deed wat hem goed leek en was zeer succesvol. Het Britse bewind benoemde hem in 1937 tot Officer of the British Empire, een hoge onderscheiding. Witte ligt begraven op het kloosterkerkhof van de Paters van de Heilige Geest in Gemert.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Machiel Witte

Dirk Witte
1840-1887
Antje Zijm
1839-1902
Cornelis Kuip
1837-1928
Marretje Witte
1843-1915
Jan Witte
1865-1938
Antje Kuip
1865-1922

Machiel Witte
1895-1961


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Historical events

Birthday January 31, 1895

  • The temperature on January 31, 1895 was about -5.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
    • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
    • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
    • October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
    • December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
    • December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

Day of death March 24, 1961

  • The temperature on March 24, 1961 was between 4.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
    • April 25 » Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
    • May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
    • September 18 » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    • October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
    • November 29 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

Day of burial March 29, 1961

  • The temperature on March 29, 1961 was between 7.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
    • March 1 » Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
    • May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
    • May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
    • May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
    • September 16 » Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.


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