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Personal data Henricus Augustus Josephus Brass 

  • He was born on June 13, 1875 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen.Source 1
    Tijdstip: 11:00
  • Birth registration on June 14, 1875.Source 1
    Sibilla Louisa Jöbges witnessed this.
    Christian Or Heinrich Brass witnessed this.
  • Occupations:
    • from 1898 till 1905 tekenaar.Source 2
    • from 1903 till 1911 (mijn)ingenieur.Source 3
      hij werkte als mijningenieur in Oran, Algerije, Afrika
  • Fact: (vermelding) in the year 1910 hij verlaat zijn gezin.Source 4
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1875: Kleine Vleeschhuisstege, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België.Source 5
    • in the year 1898: Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België.Source 6
      De huwelijksakte vermeldt dat hij voorheen te Gent woonde
    • from 1903 till 1911: Oran, Algerije (Afrika).Source 7
    • in the year 1913: Rue Gauthier 23, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België.Source 8
      Op dit adres is hij gedomicilieerd, maar hij verblijft te Oran, Algerije, Boulevard Marcian 38
    • in the year 1921: .Source 9
      De huwelijksakte van zijn zoon vermeldt dat deze de laatste domicilie of deze van het overlijden van zijn vader niet kent.
    • in the year 1931: Rue des Chevaliers de Malta 4, Alger, Algerije (Afrika).Source 10
      De stempel vermeldt: "AU COSMOPOLITE, G. H. BRASS - C. HARKENS" + adres
  • He died about 1938 in Algerije, Afrika.
  • A child of Ortancia Louisa Brass
  • This information was last updated on July 8, 2025.

Household of Henricus Augustus Josephus Brass

He is married to Marie Henriette Brass.

They got married on December 3, 1898 at Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, he was 23 years old.Source 11

Het huwelijk werd afgekondigd te Sint-Jans Molenbeek en te Gent op 20/11/1898. De akte vermeldt: "Onmiddellijk hebben de echtgenoten verklaard te willen herkennen en wettig te maken hun kind Maurice Jozef Brass, geboren te Gent, den acht en twintigsten April 1898 ...". Getuigen: Jan Delvin, schilder, oud 73 jaar, Hendrik Brass, beambte, oud 48 jaar, oom van de echtgenoten, wonende te Gent, Willem Hoex, wichtigmaker(?), oud 55 jaar, oom van de echtgenoten, wonende te Sint-Niklaas, en Leopold Audaert, beambte, oud 31 jaar, oom van de echtgenote, wonende te Sint-Jans-Molenbeek.
Joannes Baptista Delvin witnessed this.
Guillielmus Joannes Hoex witnessed this.
Hermann Heinrich Reinerus Brass witnessed this.
Leopoldus Audaert witnessed this.

Child(ren):


The couple were divorced from August 8, 1913 at Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest.Source 12

Oorzaak: ontwrichting van het huwelijk. De echtgenote is eiseres. Echtgenoot is afwezig (verblijft in Oran, Algerije).


Notes about Henricus Augustus Josephus Brass

verbleef van 1903 tot 1911 met vrouw en zoon in Algerije. Hij werkte als mijningenieur in Oran. Moeder kon er echter niet aarden en het gezin keerde in 1911 terug naar België, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. Vader kon niet meer aarden in België en is alleen terug naar Algerije gegaan, waar hij rond 1938 stierf. Bron: zoon Mauritius Brass

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Henricus Augustus Josephus Brass

Christian Or Heinrich Brass
1820-1902
Sibilla Louisa Jöbges
1815-1878

Henricus Augustus Josephus Brass
1875-± 1938

1898

Marie Henriette Brass
1880-1968

Mauritius Josephus Gustavus Brass
1898-1990

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    Sources

    1. geboorteakte nr.2074 Gent
    2. zijn huwelijksakte en die van schoonbroer Emile Jean Marie Brass
    3. zoon Maurice Brass
    4. Brief (1931) van zijn zoon
    5. geboorteakte
    6. (Not public)
    7. Familie
    8. Echtscheidingsakte
    9. huwelijksakte zoon Maurice Brass
    10. Stempel afzender op de brief dd. 01/11/1931 aan zijn zoon
    11. huwelijksakte nr.562/Sint-Jans Molenbeek
    12. Burgerlijke Stand Sint-Jans Molenbeek, echtscheidingsakte nr.145

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    Birthday June 13, 1875

    • The temperature on June 13, 1875 was about 12.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
    • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
      • April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
      • August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
      • September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
      • October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
      • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

    Day of marriage December 3, 1898

    • The temperature on December 3, 1898 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
      • April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
      • April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
      • June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
      • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
      • July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
    

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