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Personal data Laurens "Louis" Helmes 


Household of Laurens "Louis" Helmes

He is married to Johanna Hendrika Tijdink.

They got married on November 23, 1915 at Hengelo Gelderland, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  7. Nicodemia Helmes  1920-2005
  8. (Not public)
  9. Judith Helmes  1926-2013


Notes about Laurens "Louis" Helmes

Laurens Helmes is touwslager in Doetinchem.

Touwfabriek Helmes B.V. is opgericht in 1868 door de heer B. Grobben. In 1910 neemt Laurens Helmes de fabriek over en zet deze voort onder de naam L. Helmes v/h B. Grobben. In 1920 verhuist de fabriek naar de Dr.Huber Noodtstraat alwaar een nieuwe touwslagerij annex winkel werd gebouwd. In 1947 namen Alouis Helmes en broer Fons Helmes de zaken over van moeder Helmes en dochter Demia. In 1950 werd de eerste machine geïnstalleerd en werd er een zadelmakerij opgericht. In 1953 veranderde de naam in Firma L. Helmes, Touwslagerij en Groothandel. Onder die naam bleef men verder werken vooral op landbouwgebied en met alle soorten touwproducten. In 1962 werd de Naamloze Vennootschap opgericht. Het aantal personeelsleden was uitgebreid van 4 naar 30 in 1963.
Precies 100 jaar na de oprichting bouwde de familie een groot pand met kantoren plus een productieafdeling met opslagruimte aan de Plakhorstweg 7 op het Industrieterrein Keppelseweg.
In het nieuwe onderkomen bleef het bedrijf doorgroeien omdat het alert inspeelde op allerlei veranderingen in de markt, vooral de kunststof, het alternatief voor touw. Helmes kreeg te maken met touw in allerlei soorten, maten en kleuren. Begin jaren zeventig bereikte Helmes een commercieel hoogtepunt, de opdrachten stroomden binnen en het bedrijf groeide naar 45 werknemers. In de jaren 80 werden de successen minder. In deze moeilijke jaren was er te weinig oog voor de toenemende concurrentie op de wereldmarkt. De beperkte mogelijkheden om te investeren leidden ertoe dat in 1996 besloten werd de touwslagerij te verkopen aan de Wanders Holding Groep.
Helaas wordt na 152 jaar, op 15 juli 2020, de Touwfabriek Helmes-Wellink B.V. failliet verklaard. De touwfabriek was één van de oudste ondernemingen in de stad Doetinchem.

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    Birthday June 20, 1885

    • The temperature on June 20, 1885 was about 17.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
      • February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
      • May 12 » North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
      • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
      • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
      • November 28 » Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.

    Day of marriage November 23, 1915

    • The temperature on November 23, 1915 was between -4.3 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
      • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
      • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
      • May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
      • June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
      • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
      • September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

    Day of death October 8, 1943

    • The temperature on October 8, 1943 was between 5.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • January 18 » Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
      • February 27 » In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
      • July 25 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the Grand Council of Fascism and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
      • September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
      • October 3 » World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lyngiades, Greece.
      • November 23 » World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
    

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