Family tree Mertens » Laurens Pieter van Eekeren (1873-1967)

Personal data Laurens Pieter van Eekeren 

  • He was born on July 21, 1873 in Halsteren.
  • Occupations:
    • from 1901 till 1911 Arbeider.
    • in the year 1911 Molenaarsknecht.
    • in the year 1913 Kardrijver.
    • in the year 1924 Los Werkman.
    • from 1927 till 1943 Landarbeider.
    • in the year 1967 Zonder beroep.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1873: C 166, Halsteren.
    • in the year 1901: Gemeente Halsteren.
    • from 1911 till 1913: A 114, Halsteren.
      11-3-1911 van Steenbergen naar Halsteren gekomen
    • in the year 1924: A 129, Halsteren.
    • from 1925 till 1931: A 131, Lepelstraat.
    • from 1933 till 1967: Gemeente Halsteren.
  • He died on January 3, 1967 in Halsteren, he was 93 years old.
  • A child of Johannes van Eekeren and Maria Johanna Koen
  • This information was last updated on February 11, 2019.

Household of Laurens Pieter van Eekeren

(1) He is married to Wilhelmina Rens.

They got married on June 7, 1901 at Steenbergen, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Joannes van Eekeren  1901-1976
  3. Sebastianus van Ekeren  1906-1970 


(2) He is married to Maria van Aart.

They got married on August 8, 1908 at Halsteren, he was 35 years old.


Child(ren):

  4. Helena van Eekeren  1913-1915
  5. Petrus van Eekeren  1916-1917
  6. (Not public)

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    Historical events

    Birthday July 21, 1873

    • The temperature on July 21, 1873 was about 28.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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).
    • In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 11 » King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
      • March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
      • April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
      • May 23 » The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
      • June 5 » Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closes the great slave market under the terms of a treaty with Great Britain.
      • August 4 » American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.

    Day of marriage August 8, 1908

    • The temperature on August 8, 1908 was between 8.2 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • 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 year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
      • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
      • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
      • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
      • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
      • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
      • December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

    Day of death January 3, 1967

    • The temperature on January 3, 1967 was between 0.4 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
    • 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 1967: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
      • January 23 » Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
      • June 13 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
      • July 23 » Detroit Riots: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.
      • September 11 » China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted a military clashes.
      • November 2 » Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
      • November 28 » The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.

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