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.
    • February 25 » Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
    • March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
    • June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • 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.

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.
    • February 25 » In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
    • November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
    • November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
    • November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
    • December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
    • December 28 » Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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About the surname Akkermans


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