Family tree Donkers-Mertens in Oosterhout » Govert Akkermans (1875-1956)

Personal data Govert Akkermans 

  • He was born on December 14, 1875 in Oosterhout.
  • Profession: tramkoetsier (1900); daglooner (1905); arbeider (1909); voermansknecht (1909); voerman (1910); grondwerker (1925).
  • He died on December 10, 1956 in Eindhoven, he was 80 years old.

Household of Govert Akkermans

He is married to Anna Donkers.

They got married on October 3, 1898 at Teteringen, he was 22 years old.


Notes about Govert Akkermans

Ouders: Gerardus en Maria van Bavel.

Hij heeft een flinke carrière van dronkenschap en landloperij. De scan is van 1925, hij is dan 50 jaar, opgepakt en vastgezet in Breda voor landloperij. Tussen 1900 en 1915 wordt hij zo ongeveer elk jaar opgepakt voor dronkenschap. bovendien gaat het kennelijk slechter met hem. Hij zwerft rond "zonder middelen van bestaan".

Er is een bidprentje van hem bij het RAT

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Historical events

Birthday December 14, 1875

  • The temperature on December 14, 1875 was about -1.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
    • January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
    • March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
    • April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
    • June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
    • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Day of death December 10, 1956

  • The temperature on December 10, 1956 was between 6.8 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
    • April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
    • July 9 » The 7.7 Mw  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
    • October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
    • November 2 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy requests UN aid for Hungary. Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
    • December 2 » The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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