Family tree Mertens » Gerardus Klaassen (1847-1921)

Personal data Gerardus Klaassen 

  • He was born on May 17, 1847 in Halsteren, N-Br, NL.
  • Occupations:
    • from 1874 till 1921 Arbeider.
    • in the year 1921 Landarbeider.
    • in the year 1921 Zonder beroep.
  • Resident:
    • from 1847 till 1849: Noordgeest, Halsteren.
    • in the year 1850: Noordgeest
      D 28 Halsteren.
    • from 1853 till 1859: B 88, Halsteren.
    • in the year 1861: B 105, Halsteren.
    • in the year 1874: B 111, Halsteren.
    • in the year 1876: A 77d, Lepelstraat.
    • from 1879 till 1886: A 105, Lepelstraat.
    • from 1889 till 1894: A 135, Lepelstraat.
    • from 1905 till 1910: C 256, Halsteren.
    • from 1910 till 1915: C 24, Halsteren.
    • from 1915 till 1921: C 90, Halsteren.
  • He died on May 20, 1921 in Halsteren, N-Br, NL, he was 74 years old.
  • A child of Cornelis Klaassen and Cornelia Bakx
  • This information was last updated on April 28, 2021.

Household of Gerardus Klaassen

(1) He is married to Adriana Catharina Jaspers.

They got married


(2) He is married to Johanna Maria de Koning.

They got married on January 7, 1874 at Halsteren, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Cornelis Klaassen  1876-1947 
  3. Frans Klaassen  1879-1945 
  4. Antonius Klaassen  1881-1895
  5. Adrianus Klaassen  1884-1884
  6. Hubertus Klaassen  1885-???? 
  7. Adrianus Klaassen  1886-1937 
  8. Johannes Klaassen  1889-1971 
  9. Johanna Klaassen  1891-1933
  10. Petronella Klaassen  1893-1966 
  11. Cornelia Klaassen  1894-1974 

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    Birthday May 17, 1847

    • The temperature on May 17, 1847 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1847: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • February 23 » Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
      • April 18 » American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
      • July 24 » Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.
      • October 9 » Slavery in the British and French Caribbean: Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy.
      • November 4 » Sir James Young Simpson, a Scottish physician, discovers the anaesthetic properties of chloroform.
      • November 29 » Whitman massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.

    Day of marriage January 7, 1874

    • The temperature on January 7, 1874 was about 2.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
    • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
      • May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
      • June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
      • July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
      • July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
      • November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

    Day of death May 20, 1921

    • The temperature on May 20, 1921 was between 6.0 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (60%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
      • February 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
      • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
      • May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
      • May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
      • June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
      • October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.

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