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Personal data Cornelis Geers 

  • He was born on March 23, 1879 in Halsteren, N-Br, NL.
  • Occupations:
    • from 1905 till 1931 Arbeider.
    • in the year 1938 Groentenhandelaar.
    • from 1940 till 1941 Tuinder.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1879: A 59, Lepelstraat.
    • from 1905 till 1915: D 116, Halsteren.
    • from 1915 till 1925: D 222, Halsteren.
    • from 1925 till 1930: D 271, Halsteren.
    • from 1930 till 1931: D 375, Halsteren.
    • from 1932 till 1941: Gemeente Halsteren.
  • He died on November 29, 1941 in Halsteren, N-Br, NL, he was 62 years old.
  • A child of Johannes Philippus Geers and Adriana Leijten
  • This information was last updated on January 19, 2022.

Household of Cornelis Geers

He is married to Anna van Elzakker.

They got married on September 20, 1902 at Halsteren, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Petronella Geers  1912- 
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  4. (Not public)

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    Birthday March 23, 1879

    • The temperature on March 23, 1879 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 39 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 39%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
      • February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
      • April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
      • May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
      • May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
      • September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.

    Day of marriage September 20, 1902

    • The temperature on September 20, 1902 was between 5.0 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
      • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
      • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
      • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
      • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
      • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
      • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

    Day of death November 29, 1941

    • The temperature on November 29, 1941 was between -2.4 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
      • March 28 » World War II: Britain's Mediterranean Fleet sinks three heavy cruisers and two destroyers of Italy's Regia Marina.
      • May 15 » First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
      • June 2 » World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
      • September 22 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
      • November 1 » American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
      • December 17 » World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.

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