Family tree De Koning/Koningen » Willem Degen (1862-1943)

Personal data Willem Degen 

  • He was born on December 8, 1862 in Oosterbeek.Source 1
    De aangifte is gedaan door zijn vader Antoon Degen. Getuigen zijn Marinus Theodorus van Beukering, 52 jaar, schoenmaker en Theodorus van de Water, 52 jaar, herbergier, beiden wonende te Renkum.
    Tijdstip: 23:00:00
  • Birth registration on December 9, 1862.Source 2
  • Occupations:
  • He died on January 31, 1943 in Amsterdam, he was 80 years old.Source 1
    De aangifte is gedaan door Wilhelmina Neerings, zonder beroep, 37 jaar, wonende te Amsterdam.
    Tijdstip: 08:00:00
  • Death registration on February 3, 1943.Source 5
  • This information was last updated on March 15, 2013.

Household of Willem Degen

He is married to Helena Anna Kortenaar.

They got married on January 7, 1901 at Renkum, he was 38 years old.Source 6

Getuigen zijn Jan Degen, broer van de bruidegom, 52 jaar, metselaar; Albertus Degen, broer van de bruidegom, 49 jaar, metselaar; Rudolf Degen, broer van de bruidegom, 35 jaar, landbouwer; Jan Slakhorst, neef van de bruidegom, 28 jaar, kleermaker; allen wonende te Oosterbeek.

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Sources

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  2. BS Renkum, aktenummer 115
  3. Huwelijksakte
  4. Huwelijksakte zoon
  5. BS Amsterdam, 2-81, aktenummer 479
  6. BS Renkum, aktenummer 1

Historical events

Birthday December 8, 1862

  • The temperature on December 8, 1862 was about 8.1 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • 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 year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 6 » American Civil War: Forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote give the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry.
    • February 15 » American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, Lloyd surrenders the following day.
    • February 22 » Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
    • August 9 » American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
    • September 8 » Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
    • November 9 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.

Day of marriage January 7, 1901

  • The temperature on January 7, 1901 was between -12.2 °C and -6.6 °C and averaged -9.1 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (35%). 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.
    • January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
    • March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
    • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
    • August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
    • September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
    • 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 death January 31, 1943

  • The temperature on January 31, 1943 was between 4.7 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • July 11 » World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
    • August 27 » World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
    • August 29 » World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
    • September 3 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMSNelson off Malta.
    • November 15 » The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
    • December 2 » World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SSJohn Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.


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