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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 3.4 °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.
    • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
    • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
    • August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
    • September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
    • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
    • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.

Day of marriage August 26, 1939

  • The temperature on August 26, 1939 was between 13.9 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 18.0 °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 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
    • March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
    • July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
    • September 10 » World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
    • November 26 » Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
    • December 15 » Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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.
    • May 9 » Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
    • May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
    • June 2 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
    • July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
    • August 11 » Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
    • October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.


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