Henglias; the collected data of the Hengelo population » Alex de Leeuw (1881-1942)

Personal data Alex de Leeuw 

  • He was born on October 15, 1881 in Hengelo.
  • Profession: bootwerker.
  • Resident:
    • starting 1895: Willemstraat, Hengelo.
    • until 1942: Parallelweg 16, Hengelo.
  • He died on October 19, 1942 in Oświęcim, Polen, he was 61 years old.
    concentratiekamp Auschwitz
  • A child of David de Leeuw and Sara de Leeuw
  • This information was last updated on August 19, 2021.

Household of Alex de Leeuw

He is married to Rosa Steilberger.

They got married.


Second World War victim


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alex de Leeuw

Sara de Leeuw
1846-1892

Alex de Leeuw
1881-1942


Rosa Steilberger
1883-1942


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Birthday October 15, 1881

  • The temperature on October 15, 1881 was about 7.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
    • May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
    • June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
    • June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
    • September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
    • December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

Day of death October 19, 1942

  • The temperature on October 19, 1942 was between 8.7 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
    • June 4 » World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
    • September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
    • October 2 » World War II: Ocean Liner RMSQueen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSCuracoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
    • October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
    • December 16 » The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.


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