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Personal data Hendrikus Josephus Antonius "Harrie" Spierings 


Household of Hendrikus Josephus Antonius "Harrie" Spierings

He is married to Catharina Sterk.

They got married on August 26, 1939 at Goirle, he was 25 years old.


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Notes about Hendrikus Josephus Antonius "Harrie" Spierings

Hendrikus Josephus (Harrie) Spierings. geboren op 07-04-1914. Ook hij werd schoenmaker en volgde de opleiding aan de Ambachtschool in Tilburg. Na deze opleiding ging hij werken bij Van Arendonk schoenfabriek in Tilburg. Later ging hij bij zijn vader in de schoenmakerij werken en deed ook de schoenenverkoop in de winkel. Hij volgde ook de opleiding voor Schoenwinkelier, want dat hoorde toen nog bij de vestigingseisen.
Hij trouwde met Toos Sterk uit Arnhem. Zij was toen dienstbode bij de fam. Scheffers, waar Harrie regelmatig kwam om de gerepareerde schoenen te bezorgen. Na hun huwelijk vertrok het stel voor korte tijd naar Poppel. Eenmaal teruggekeerd gingen zij wonen in de Kloosterstraat in Goirle in een oud hoekhuisje naast Garage Spijkers. Toen deze huisjes en garage werden gesloopt gingen zij wonen in de Weth. Vekemansstraat en later in de Van Malsenstraat. Harrie Spierings overleed in het ziekenhuis aan een hartaanval op bijna 65-jarige leeftijd op 16-02-1979. Toos Sterk is ruim 90 jaar geworden en overleed op 04-08- 2005. Hun zonen Jan Spierings en Theo Spierings werden als tweeling geboren.

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Birthday April 7, 1914

  • The temperature on April 7, 1914 was between 3.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
    • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
    • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
    • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
    • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
    • November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

Day of marriage August 26, 1939

  • The temperature on August 26, 1939 was between 14.5 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
    • March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
    • July 4 » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
    • August 25 » The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
    • September 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
    • September 30 » World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

Day of death February 16, 1979

  • The temperature on February 16, 1979 was between -6.9 °C and -4.1 °C and averaged -5.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • March 13 » The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
    • July 12 » The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
    • August 11 » Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
    • November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
    • December 9 » The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (rinderpest in 2011 being the other).
    • December 21 » Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.


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