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Household of Petrus Hendrikus Johannes "Piet" Tra

He is married to Johanna Maria Petronella van Boxtel.

They got married on May 26, 1913 at Goirle, he was 25 years old.

Piet Tra ging op zijn 16de )net als zijn vader'werken bij de firma van Besouw textielfabriek in Goirle. In de avonduren volgende hij cursussen weven en electriciteit. Piet trouwde met Jans van Boxtel die ook bij van Besouw werkte. Op zijn trouwdag was hij daar meesterknecht. In 1920 werd hij chef/machinist bij de Regenboog in Tilburg en verhuisde toen ook naar de Bredaseweg in Tilburg.Teriu in Goirle gingen zij in 1925 in de Kalverstraat wonen Piet heeft toen enkele jaen bij de `N.V. Goirlese Jutespinnerij` gewerkt, toen eigendom van burgemeester Rens. Begin jaren dertig volgde de liquidatie van deze spinnerij en Piet stond op straat. Hij heeft toen gedurende bijna een jaar electriciteit aangelegd in vele huizen, maar ging daarna werken bij de firma van Puyenbroek, ook een textielfebriek en wel tot zijn 69ste levensjaar.
Net als zijn vader was Piet een man van de muziek en zeer muzikaal. Op 10/jarige leeftijd was hij al aspirant/lid van de fanfare `Oefening en Uitspanning`. In 1920 secretaris/penningmeester en onder/directeur. Vader Frans stierf in 1927 en zoon Pîet werd met algemene stemmen benoemd tot nieuwe directeur In 1958 werd hij benoemd tot ere/directeur van deze harmonie.
ook op cultureel gebied heeft Piet veel betekend voor Goirle. In 1967 kreeg hij de ere/medaille van de gemeente Goirle. Hij zat in het bestuur van de Gioirlese muziekschool en was lid van de Gioirlese culturele raad vanaf de oprichting tot 1968.
Piet was ook bij andere muzikgezelschappen actief, hij waws instructeur harmoenie `Vogelenzang` in tilburg en instructeur en directeur van de Rielse fanfare `Muziek en Vriendschap`
Hij was bestuurslid van de Goirlese KAB en penningmeester van het Bondsgebouw.
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Bron: Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk, Archieflocatie Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum
Algemeen: Toegangnr: 550.068, Inventarisnr: 1285, Gemeente: Goirle, Soort akte: huwelijk, Aktenummer: 12, Datum: 26-05-1913
Bruidegom Petrus Hendrikus Johannes Tra, Geboorteplaats: Goirle
Bruid Johanna Maria Petronella van Boxtel, Geboorteplaats: Goirle
Vader bruidegom Franciscus Tra, Moeder bruidegom Anna Maria van Puijenbroek
Vader bruid Johannes van Boxtel, Moeder bruid Maria Elisabeth Spapens

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Birthday February 28, 1888

  • The temperature on February 28, 1888 was about -5.5 °C. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
    • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
    • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
    • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
    • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
    • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.

Day of marriage May 26, 1913

  • The temperature on May 26, 1913 was between 10.4 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • February 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
    • February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
    • March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
    • March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
    • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
    • December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

Day of death June 20, 1969

  • The temperature on June 20, 1969 was between 7.5 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
    • January 19 » Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
    • March 17 » Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
    • July 3 » Space Race: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N-1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
    • July 25 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
    • August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.


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