Family tree Dirkx » Petrus Dirks Dirix (1876-????)

Personal data Petrus Dirks Dirix 

  • He was born on May 8, 1876 in Oudenbosch,wijk B,nr.571.
  • Occupations:
    • arbeider.
    • landbouwer.
  • Resident:
    • starting May 9, 1879: wijk A, nr. 52, Putte.
    • starting 1913: USA.
      Petrus Dirkx en Francisca Schoonen zijn in 1913 met hun 4 kinderen naar Amerika vertrokken. Ze staan geregistreerd in de passagierslijst van Ellis Island van 1913. Ze waren in Rotterdam vertrokken met de Potsdam en kwamen op 20 maart 1913 op Ellis Island aan. De naam van het familielid waar ze naar toe gingen was "cousin C. Voermans, Harrison Wisc.". De reis hebben ze zelf betaald. Petrus Dirkx was 5,7 feet (1 m. 71) lang, had blond haar en grijze ogen.
      Zijn vrouw Francisca was 5,2 feet (1m.56) lang en had ook blond haar en grijze ogen. Ook de kinderen hadden allemaal blond haar en grijze ogen, hun lengte was niet genoteerd.
    • starting April 12, 1930: Harrison Township, Lincoln, Wisconsin USA, U.S.A.
  • A child of Johannes Dirks Dirix and Johanna Maria Potters
  • This information was last updated on March 10, 2025.

Household of Petrus Dirks Dirix

He is married to Francisca Schoonen.

They got married on May 11, 1903 at Oudenbosch, he was 27 years old.


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Historical events

  • The temperature on May 8, 1876 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 29 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 36%. 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 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
    • February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
    • June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
    • July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
    • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
    • December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
  • The temperature on May 11, 1903 was between 5.7 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
    • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
    • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
    • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
    • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
    • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.


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