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Personal data Josephus Eduardus Mertens 


Household of Josephus Eduardus Mertens

He is married to Maria Carolina Ceurvels.

They got married on July 20, 1926 at Antwerpen, he was 23 years old.


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Notes about Josephus Eduardus Mertens

Soldaat milicien 1923 bij het 4e Leger Artillerie.
Woonde aan de Lockaertstraat 22 te Antwerpen, van 07/12/1920 aan de Zegepraalstraat 16 te Borgerhout, Sint Michielsstraat 17 te Antwerpen, na zijn huwelijk aan de Parklaan 111 te Edegem, van 23/05/1931 af aan de Karel Geertsstraat 37 te Borgerhout, bouwde in 1933 een huis aan de Laurentia Poststraat 10 te Deurne met vergunning 1933/1004, kocht een werkplaats en huis aan de Hertsdeinstraat te Antwerpen om vervolgens in 1953 een werkplaats te openen aan de Lambermontstraat 26 A te Antwerpen onder de naam 'Mertens Electroplating pvba'. Deze werkplaats werd in 1963 verbouwd door zijn zoon Alfred.

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Birthday April 15, 1903

  • The temperature on April 15, 1903 was between -0.8 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
    • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
    • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
    • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
    • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
    • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

Day of marriage July 20, 1926

  • The temperature on July 20, 1926 was between 15.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
    • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
    • May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
    • May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
    • June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
    • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

Day of death November 7, 1966

  • The temperature on November 7, 1966 was between 8.9 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
    • February 3 » The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.
    • May 6 » Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
    • June 8 » An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
    • September 9 » The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
    • October 15 » The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
    • November 24 » Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.

Day of burial November 11, 1966

  • The temperature on November 11, 1966 was between -0.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
    • April 26 » A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
    • May 16 » The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
    • June 8 » An F-104 Starfighter collides with XB-70 Valkyrie prototype no. 2, destroying both aircraft during a photo shoot near Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph A. Walker, a NASA test pilot, and Carl Cross, a United States Air Force test pilot, are both killed.
    • August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
    • August 26 » The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
    • November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.


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