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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.
    • March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
    • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
    • November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
    • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
    • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
    • December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

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.
    • January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
    • March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
    • April 9 » African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
    • May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
    • September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
    • September 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.

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.
    • January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
    • February 14 » In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
    • April 1 » Nickelodeon was launched in United States.
    • July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
    • October 18 » The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
    • November 3 » Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.


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