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Personal data Josephus Heerkens 

  • He was born on December 12, 1866 in Tilburg.
    Gemeente Tilburg
    Brontype boek
    Registernaam Geboorteregister 1866
    Code TLB_G_1866
    Periode register 1866
    Aktenummer 625
    Plaats geboorte Tilburg
    Datum geboorte 12-12-1866
    Kind Josephus Heerkens
    Kind geslacht m
    Vader Gerardus Josephus Heerkens
    Moeder Anna Maria Beeris
  • Profession: Smid, Ketelmaker.
  • Fact: Weetjes.
    Josephus Heerkens (Tilburg, 12 december 1866 - Udenhout, 19 november 1959) was een Nederlandse handboogschutter.

    Heerkens was een van de zes Nederlandse deelnemers aan het boogschieten op de Olympische Spelen in Parijs (1900). Hij schoot op het onderdeel 'sur la perche à la Herse' en werd in de eerste ronde uitgeschakeld.
  • He died on November 19, 1959 in Udenhout, he was 92 years old.
  • A child of Gerardus Josephus Heerkens and Anna Maria Beeris
  • This information was last updated on March 2, 2017.

Household of Josephus Heerkens

(1) He is married to Elisabeth Francisca van Hest.

They got married on January 30, 1890 at Tilburg, he was 23 years old.

Gehuwd op 30 januari 1890, Tilburg, met Elisabeth,Francisca Hest van, geboren op 9 september 1865, Tilburg, gestorven op 4 januari 1928, Vught (leeftijd bij overlijden: 62 jaar oud)

Child(ren):

  1. Maria Anna Heerkens  1894-1975


(2) He is married to Helena van Rijt.

They got married on February 24, 1930 at Goirle, he was 63 years old.

Gehuwd op 24 februari 1930, Goirle, met Helena Rijt van, geboren op 7 april 1858, Oisterwijk, gestorven op 23 april 1936, Tilburg (leeftijd bij overlijden: 78 jaar oud).

(3) He is married to Cecilia Petronella van Leeuwen.

They got married after 1936.

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  • The temperature on December 12, 1866 was about 4.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 21 » Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first American woman to graduate from dental school.
    • April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
    • April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
    • June 7 » One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.
    • July 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
    • August 23 » Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
  • The temperature on February 24, 1930 was between -0.2 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • February 16 » The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
    • June 17 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
    • August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
    • August 16 » The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
    • October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
    • December 7 » W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
  • The temperature on November 19, 1959 was between 7.6 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
    • July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
    • September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
    • September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
    • December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
    • December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.


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