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Personal data Hubertus Antonius Jacobs 


Household of Hubertus Antonius Jacobs

He is married to Wilhelmina Christina Rothuizen.

They got married on June 5, 1903 at Wageningen, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Johannes Jacobs  1904-1972 
  3. Maria Jacobs  1906-
  4. Christiaan Jacobs  1910-1987
  5. Leonardus Jacobs  1912-1992 
  8. Jacob Jacobs  1916-2002 
  9. Antoon Jacobs  1920-1996
  10. Wilhelmina Jacobs  1920-1920


Notes about Hubertus Antonius Jacobs

Hubertus Antonius Jacobs was groentehandelaar en woonde met zijn gezin aan de Veerstraat 19 te Wageningen.
Vrij snel na de inval van de Duitsers was hij betrokken bij allerlei activiteiten die door het Naziregime verboden waren. Hij had onderduikers ondergebracht in het naast zijn woonhuis gelegen pakhuis ‘America’ en was lid van een verboden organisatie, de communistische partij.
In de zomer van 1942 dook Jacobs onder in Amsterdam. Toen de Duitsers ontdekten dat hij voortvluchtig was werden zijn vrouw en vijf zonen in gijzeling genomen en gevangen gehouden in de Koepel- gevangenis te Arnhem. Nadat Jacobs, begin augustus 1942, was gearresteerd werd zijn familie vrijgelaten.
In januari 1943 werd Jacobs overplaatst de ‘Deutsches Untersuchungs- und Strafgefängnis’ Wolvenplein te Utrecht, waar hij als onderzoeksgevangene te boek stond. In het voorjaar van 1943 werd hij overgeplaatst naar de ‘Deutsche Polizeigefängnis”’ aan de Alkemadelaan in Den Haag. ‘Het Oranjehotel’. Zijn burgerkleding en horloge werden hem ontnomen en opgestuurd naar zijn vrouw. Op dat moment werd Jacobs uitgedost in gevangenistenue en gedegradeerd tot ‘Schutzhäftling’, nummer 5670.
In het voorjaar van 1944 werd Jacobs overgebracht naar kamp Vught. Eind mei werd hij op transport gesteld maar Dachau, daar werd hij gevangene 69274 en dwangarbeider.
Op 9 november 1944 werd Jacobs overgebracht naar Bergen Belsen
Hubertus Antonius Jacobs overleed in Bergen Belsen op 9 januari 1945.
Pas in oktober 1946 kreeg de familie bericht van ‘Het Nederlandsche Roode Kruis afwikkeling concentratiekampen’ dat Hubertus Antonius Jacobs was overleden in kamp Bergen-Belsen.
Hubertus Antonius Jacobs staat vermeld op de Naamwand van het Monument voor de Gevallenen in Wageningen

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Birthday August 16, 1881

  • The temperature on August 16, 1881 was about 13.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
    • March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
    • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
    • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
    • November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
    • November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.

Day of marriage June 5, 1903

  • The temperature on June 5, 1903 was between 7.2 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °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 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
    • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
    • August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
    • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
    • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
    • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.

Day of death January 9, 1945

  • The temperature on January 9, 1945 was between -5.5 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • January 30 » World War II: Raid at Cabanatuan: One hundred twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.
    • January 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
    • May 11 » World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USSBunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes.
    • July 29 » The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
    • August 2 » World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.
    • November 29 » The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.


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