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Personal data Wilhelmus Gerardus Franken 

  • He was born on November 26, 1899 in Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL.
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1920 Magazijnknecht.
    • in the year 1921 Arbeider.
    • from 1922 till 1924 Magazijnknecht.
    • in the year 1934 Winkelknecht.
    • in the year 1947 Winkelbediende.
  • Record from 1920 till 1938: adressen.
    Adressen tussen 1920 en 1938 in Bergen op Zoom
    Blauwehandstraat 30
    Kleine Kerkstraat 6
    Belvederestraat 40
    Burg. Hulshofstraat 5
    Wouwsestraatweg 92a
    Auvergnestraat 45
    Koepeldwarsstraat 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1899: Bergen op Zoom.
    • in the year 1920: A 174, Halsteren.
      28-5-1920 van Bergen op Zoom naar Halsteren gekomen
    • in the year 1920: Blauwehandstraat 35, Bergen op Zoom.
      26-6-1920 van Halsteren naar Bergen op Zoom gegaan
    • from 1920 till 1947: Bergen op Zoom.
  • He died on October 1, 1979 in Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL, he was 79 years old.
  • A child of Gerardus Franken and Johanna Maria Nuijten
  • This information was last updated on February 12, 2023.

Household of Wilhelmus Gerardus Franken

He is married to Maria Mertens.

They got married on May 25, 1920 at Halsteren, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

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  6. Franken  1934

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    Birthday November 26, 1899

    • The temperature on November 26, 1899 was about 11.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
      • February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
      • March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
      • May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
      • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
      • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

    Day of marriage May 25, 1920

    • The temperature on May 25, 1920 was between 15.0 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
      • February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
      • March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
      • August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
      • September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
      • November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
      • November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.

    Day of death October 1, 1979

    • The temperature on October 1, 1979 was between 5.6 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
      • February 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
      • April 2 » A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
      • June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
      • June 3 » A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000m) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
      • June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
      • July 12 » The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

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