Eijsermans family tree » Jan Baptist van Gils (1864-1939)

Personal data Jan Baptist van Gils 

  • He was born on April 24, 1864 in Goirle.
    BRON: Gemeente Goirle, Brontype boek, Archiefnummer 907, Archiefnaam Burgerlijke stand, Bronnaam register van geboorten
    Registernaam Geboorteregister 1864, Periode register 1864, Aktenummer 13, Plaats geboorte Goirle, Datum geboorte 24-04-1864
    Kind Jan Baptist van Gils, Kind geslacht m, Vader Arnoldus van Gils, Moeder Anna Catharina van Gool
  • He died on April 20, 1939 in Goirle, he was 74 years old.
  • A child of Arnoldus van Gils and Anna Catharina van Gool
  • This information was last updated on October 15, 2011.

Household of Jan Baptist van Gils

He is married to Godefrida Couwenberg.

They got married on April 28, 1888 at Goirle, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Maria van Gils  1889-1964 

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Birthday April 24, 1864

  • The temperature on April 24, 1864 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
    • June 15 » Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
    • August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
    • September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
    • October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
    • December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.

Day of marriage April 28, 1888

  • The temperature on April 28, 1888 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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.
    • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
    • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
    • 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.
    • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
    • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
    • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

Day of death April 20, 1939

  • The temperature on April 20, 1939 was between 1.7 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
    • April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
    • May 22 » World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
    • June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
    • August 15 » Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
    • September 18 » World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
    • October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.


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