Genealogy Smits revisited » Wilhelmus Leonardus Roovers (1854-1946)

Personal data Wilhelmus Leonardus Roovers 

  • He was born on November 1, 1854 in Roosendaal, Nispen.
  • Profession: Emballeur.
  • He died on May 12, 1946 in Roosendaal, Nispen, he was 91 years old.
    PlaatsRoosendaal
    BronBidprentjes
    DeelBidprentjes
    Soort registratiebidprentje
    Plaats overlijdenRoosendaal
    Datum overlijden12-05-1946
    OverledeneWilhelmus Leonardus Roovers
    Plaats geboorteRoosendaal
    Datum geboorte01-11-1855
    Relatie overledene 1Cornelia Bogers
    Diversenoverleden
    BronOverlijdensregisters 1811-1960
    Periode1946
    DeelOverlijdensregister Roosendaal 1946

    PlaatsRoosendaal
    BronBegraafplaatsen
    DeelBegraafplaats Bredaseweg
    Archiefnummer169
    Inventarisnummer45
    Soort registratiebegraafplaats
    BijzonderhedenParochie: Charitas, klasse: 2, perk: 5, graf: 0169/0170, eigen graf
    Datum begraven15-05-1946
    OverledeneWilhelmus Leonardus Roovers
    Leeftijd91 jr.
    Relatietypeweduwnaar van
    Relatie 1Johanna Bogers
    Soort registratieoverlijdensakte
    Aktenummer151
    Plaats overlijdenRoosendaal - Nispen
    Datum overlijden12-05-1946
    OverledeneWilhelmus Leonardus Roovers
    Geslachtm
    Leeftijd91 jaar
    Relatietypeweduwe/weduwnaar
    Beroepzonder beroep
    Plaats geboorteRoosendaal en Nispen
    Relatie overledeneCornelia Johanna Bogers
    Vader overledeneCornelis Roovers
    Moeder overledeneHelena Vermunt
  • He is buried on May 15, 1946 in Roosendaal.
  • This information was last updated on August 20, 2019.

Household of Wilhelmus Leonardus Roovers

He is married to Cornelia Johanna Bogers.

They got married on February 5, 1878 at Roosendaal, he was 23 years old.

PlaatsRoosendaal
BronHuwelijksregisters 1811-1935
Periode1878
DeelHuwelijksregister Roosendaal 1878
Soort registratiehuwelijksakte
Aktenummer2
Plaats huwelijkRoosendaal - Nispen
Datum huwelijk05-02-1878
BruidegomWilhelmus Leonardus Roovers
Diversen23 jaar, geboren te Roosendaal en Nispen, boomkweker
Vader bruidegomCornelis Roovers
Moeder bruidegomHelena Vermunt
BruidCornelia Johanna Bogers
Diversen20 jaar, geboren te Roosendaal en Nispen, wollennaaister
Vader bruidWillem Bogers
Moeder bruidAntonia Maria Dirven

Cornelia Johanna Bogers, geboren Roosendaal en Nispen 3 juli 1857, overleden Roosendaal en Nispen 29 november 1929, beroep wollennaaister, trouwt Roosendaal 5 februari 1878 Wilhelmus Leonardus Roovers, geboren Roosendaal en Nispen 1 november 1854, overleden Roosendaal 12 mei 1946, begraven Roosendaal, Bredaseweg , beroep boomkweker, emballeur, ouders Cornelis Roovers en Helena Vermunt
Kinderen
1.Helena Maria Roovers, geboren Roosendaal 23 februari 1878, trouwt Roosendaal 17 september 1901 Leonardus Johannes Notenboom, geboren Roosendaal 1874, beroep timmerman, ouders Wilhelmus Notenboom en Johanna Mol
2.Maria Cornelia Roovers, geboren Roosendaal 13 april 1879, trouwt Roosendaal 11 oktober 1911 Marinus Cornelis van der Ven, geboren Vlijmen 1884, beroep rijksambtenaar, ouders Petrus van der Ven en Johanna van der Heijden
3.Elisa Johanna Roovers, geboren Roosendaal 8 augustus 1881, trouwt Roosendaal 29 januari 1913 Petrus Adrianus Jongenelen, geboren Roosendaal 1882, beroep landbouwer, ouders Johannes Adrianus Jongenelen en Antonia Vos
4.Cornelis Wilhelmus Roovers, geboren Roosendaal 8 augustus 1883, trouwt Roosendaal 13 juli 1908 Dimphna Broeren, geboren Roosendaal 1882, ouders Marijn Broeren en Johanna Cornelia Hellemons
5.Theodorus Roovers, geboren Roosendaal 10 juli 1885, overleden Roosendaal 16 augustus 1955, trouwt Roosendaal 29 maart 1921 Cornelia Huberta van Baal, geboren Roosendaal 1885, ouders Johannes Gerardus van Baal en Henrica Maria Hartmans
6.Johannes Aloijsius Roovers, geboren Roosendaal 21 juni 1887, overleden Breda, wonende te Roosendaal 10 september 1938, trouwt Rucphen 24 mei 1921 Antonia Johanna Ros, geboren Rucphen 1886, ouders Adrianus Ros en Maria Braat
7.Antonius Adrianus Roovers, geboren Roosendaal 12 juli 1889, trouwt Roosendaal 23 september 1930 Helena Nagtzaam, geboren Standdaarbuiten 1889, beroep dienstbode, ouders Thomas Nagtzaam en Anna Maria Buuron
8.Petrus Antonius Roovers, geboren Roosendaal 24 mei 1891, overleden Roosendaal 28 juli 1948, trouwt Roosendaal 17 september 1918 Johanna Petronella Smits, geboren Roosendaal 1891, ouders Matheus Franciscus Smits en Helena Maria Fabrie, trouwt Roosendaal 18 mei 1927 Joanna Catharina Peeters, geboren Essen(B) 1895, ouders Antonius Peeters en Maria Cornelia van Heijst
9.Johanna Adriana Roovers, geboren Roosendaal 20 augustus 1893, trouwt Roosendaal 12 juli 1921 Thomas Carolus van den Broucke, geboren IJzendijke 1892, beroep banketbakker, ouders Josephus van den Broucke en Maria Theresia Moeraert
10.levenloze dochter Roovers, overleden Roosendaal 12 december 1899

Child(ren):

  5. Theodorus Roovers  1885-1955
  10. Nn Roovers  1899

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Birthday November 1, 1854

  • The temperature on November 1, 1854 was about 12.4 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 20 » The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin, US.
    • March 31 » Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Convention of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
    • September 20 » Crimean War: British and French troops defeat Russians at the Battle of Alma.
    • October 6 » In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
    • December 3 » Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
    • December 8 » In his Apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived free of Original Sin.

Day of marriage February 5, 1878

  • The temperature on February 5, 1878 was about 4.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Day of death May 12, 1946

  • The temperature on May 12, 1946 was between 5.6 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
    • April 1 » The 8.6 Mw  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
    • May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
    • July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
    • September 8 » The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
    • December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.

Day of burial May 15, 1946

  • The temperature on May 15, 1946 was between 0.2 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
    • January 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
    • January 11 » Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
    • April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
    • October 1 » Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg trials.
    • October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
    • December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.


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