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Personal data Gilles André de la Porte 


Household of Gilles André de la Porte

(1) He is married to Hester Boissevain.

They got married on January 2, 1929 at Hilversum, he was 27 years old.

The couple were divorced from April 11, 1938 at Hilversum.


(2) He is married to Elsy Jessy Jane Pymm.

They got married on February 7, 1947 at Singapore Singapore, he was 45 years old.


Notes about Gilles André de la Porte

Ir. Gilles André de la Porte, geb. Amsterdam 4 nov. 1901, werktuigbouwkundige te Singapore (1929), manager Bataafsche Petroleum Mij., senior-engineer Shell Ltd., raadgevend ingenieur, † Leiden 21 dec. 1968, zn. van Ir. Josef en Anna Maria Sophia Luise Lang; hij hertr. Singapore 7 febr. 1947 Elsy Jessy Jane Pymm (Prymm).

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gilles André de la Porte

Gilles André de la Porte
1901-1968

(1) 1929

Hester Boissevain
1905-1999

(2) 1947

Elsy Jessy Jane Pymm


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Historical events

Birthday November 4, 1901

  • The temperature on November 4, 1901 was between -3.6 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (67%). 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
    • May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
    • June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
    • July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
    • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
    • December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

Day of marriage February 7, 1947

  • The temperature on February 7, 1947 was between -12.4 °C and -4.1 °C and averaged -8.3 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (77%). 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
    • March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
    • March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
    • March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
    • July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
    • November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

Day of death December 21, 1968

  • The temperature on December 21, 1968 was between -1.1 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
    • May 12 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
    • June 5 » Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
    • July 23 » The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers is taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, to Lod, Israel.
    • October 2 » Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
    • November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
    • December 10 » Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.


Same birth/death day

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