Family tree Groot, Schellinkhout » Mattheus Josephus Lau (1889-1958)

Personal data Mattheus Josephus Lau 


Household of Mattheus Josephus Lau

(1) He is married to Hermine Hendrike Heesterman.

Hermine en Mattheus waren de grootouders van : Matheus Josephus (Thé) Lau *1952-2015., muzikant, tekstdichter/schrijver.
(Hermine en Mattheus waren gescheiden, zij hadden 3 kinderen)

They got married on May 27, 1919 at Noordwijk, he was 29 years old.


(2) He is married to Helena Brandes.

Zie levensverhaal : Maria Martha Groot
(een foutje door Maria Martha , het gaat niet om Caroline maar Helena)
Woonden Tafelstraat 28, Maastricht.

They got married on August 3, 1932 at Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 42 years old.


Notes about Mattheus Josephus Lau

Mattheus was kunstschilder.
Hoogleraar Jan van Eyck Academie.

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Historical events

Birthday December 6, 1889

  • The temperature on December 6, 1889 was about -1.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
    • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
    • May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
    • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
    • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
    • November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

Day of death July 9, 1958

  • The temperature on July 9, 1958 was between 10.8 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
    • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
    • July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
    • September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
    • December 1 » The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
    • December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1887 » Joseph Lamb, American pianist and composer († 1960)
  • 1887 » Lynn Fontanne, British actress († 1983)
  • 1888 » Will Hay, English actor, director, and screenwriter († 1949)
  • 1890 » Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author († 1946)
  • 1890 » Rudolf Schlichter, German painter and illustrator († 1955)
  • 1890 » Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic († 1951)

Source: Wikipedia


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