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Personal data Roelof Albert Ocken 

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Household of Roelof Albert Ocken

He is married to Ullembina Dorothea Wolters.

They got married on July 10, 1902 at Wildervank, he was 35 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Lucas Albert Okken  1904-1996 
  3. Johanna Martina Okken  1905-1982 


Notes about Roelof Albert Ocken

FAMILIENAAM IS OCKEN IN OFFICIELE DOCUMENTEN, MAAR OKKEN IN DAGELIJKS GEBRUIK

FOTOGRAFISCH ATELIER R.A. OKKEN, VERKOCHT IN 1917
1912 BEGINT, SAMEN MET JOH. WOLTERS, DE 1e BIOSCOOP IN STADSKANAAL, IN CAFÉ WOLTERS
COMMISSARIS / AANDEELHOUDER DRENTSCH VEENKOLONIALE WESTERWOLDSCHE HYPOTHEEKBANK
COMMISSARIS / AANDEELHOUDER SPIEGELFABRIEK & GLASSLIJPERIJ "ORANJE", STADSKANAAL, VERVAARDIGDE OOK GRAFPLATEN IN GLAS
1916 COMMISSARIS / AANDEELHOUDER N.V. MANDENFABRIEK "HET NOORDEN", STADSKANAAL
1917 OPRICHTER GROOTHANDEL WED. R.A. OKKEN, THANS TE GASSELTERNIJVEENSCHEMOND
1916 MEDE-OPRICHTER NEDERLANDSCHE ELECTRISCHE LAKFABRIEKEN N.V. TE GRONINGEN, THANS NELF LAKFABRIEKEN B.V. TE MARRUM
1921 AGENTSCHAP GLAS VERZEKERINGS MAATSCHAPPIJ AMSTERDAM

Hij werd geboren op 2 december 1866 in Stadskanaal gem. Wildervank als Roelof Albert Ocken, de jongste van zes kinderen van Albert Roelofs Ocken 1829-1915 en Aaltje Prummel 1823-1885. De vader was “ausgewandert” naar Stadskanaal van het Duitse waddeneiland Borkum omstreeks 1850 en trouwde daar Roelf’s moeder Aaltje in 1853. Ook haar familie kwam oorspronkelijk uit Duitsland, maar woonde al sinds enkele generaties in de veenkoloniën. Albert Roelofs had een succesvol schildersbedrijf en lakstokerij. Door het uitvallen van zijn oudere broer klaas, die naar Amerika emigreerde in 1889, was jonge Roelf voorbestemd om later de kwast van vader over te nemen. Alzo geschiedde en gaandeweg ging hij, zeker na zijn huwelijk met Ullembina Dorothea Wolters in 1902, tot de notabelen van Stadskanaal behoren. Roelf Okken overleed in 1940, op zijn verjaardag, aan een hartaanval.
Tijdgenoten beschrijven hem als een altijd opgewekte, positieve man, vriendelijk voor eenieder, maar helaas gespeend van veel zakelijk inzicht. Actief was hij zeer zeker en gevoel voor avontuur had hij ook. Zo reisde hij in 1919, na afloop van de eerste wereldoorlog, met zijn vriend Piet Zwartsenberg in een vrachtwagentje naar Oostenrijk, waar de beide heren voor een appel en een ei kunst opkochten, om dat in Nederland weer te kunnen verkopen. De historie vermeldt niet of dit goed gelukt is, maar diverse schilderijen uit die collectie zijn nog wel in bezit van de familie.
In 1910 bleek hij voor 50% erfgenaam te zijn geworden van de totale boedel van 4 ongetrouwde, gefortuneerde, broers en zusters Koerts te Wildervank. Deze erfenis verbeterde zijn financiële positie aanzienlijk. Mogelijk mede daardoor was hij, alleen al in de periode 1912 - 1921 betrokken bij het bestuur van acht bedrijven, in de meeste gevallen opgericht samen met zijn twee zwagers, Johannes Wolters en Hayon Nieboer. Zo begon hij in 1912 in café Wolters de eerste bioscoop van Stadskanaal, werd door de drie partners in 1916 de mandenfabriek “Het Noorden” opgericht en omstreeks dezelfde tijd de spiegelfabriek “Oranje” en de Drentsch Veenkoloniale Westerwoldsche Hypotheekbank. De laatste drie bedrijven gingen door branden, dan wel door mismanagement ten onder. De enige twee thans nog bestaande bedrijven die door Roelf Okken werden opgericht, zijn de papiergroothandel Wed. R.A. Okken te Gasselternijveenschemond en de Nederlandsche Electrische Lakfabrieken N.V. (NELF) te Marrum. Zijn financiële situatie kende door het mislukken van zijn diverse ondernemingen meer dalen dan toppen, maar telkens als het water hem aan de lippen steeg, beklom hij monter weer de ladder, aan het werk in het schildersbedrijf, dat hij wél wist te besturen.
Ook in het maatschappelijk leven was hij zeer actief; Betuurslid van Jahn II, bestuurslid van het comité ter organisatie van de uitgestelde Eeuwfeesten Stadskanaal in 1920 en ook bij de oprichting van de Noord Ooster Locaal spoorweg was hij betrokken. Hij was actief lid van de Noord-Nederlandsche Kegelbond.

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Birthday December 2, 1866

  • The temperature on December 2, 1866 was about 3.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
    • May 2 » Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
    • May 5 » Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
    • June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
    • July 24 » Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
    • December 12 » Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.

Christening day February 3, 1867

  • The temperature on February 3, 1867 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
    • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
    • May 29 » The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
    • September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
    • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
    • November 3 » Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).

Day of marriage July 10, 1902

  • The temperature on July 10, 1902 was between 12.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). 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.
    • February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
    • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
    • March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
    • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
    • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
    • December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.

Day of death December 2, 1940

  • The temperature on December 2, 1940 was between -5.5 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Cartoon characters Tom and Jerry make their debut with Puss Gets the Boot.
    • May 15 » Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant.
    • June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
    • July 23 » The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
    • September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
    • November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

Day of burial December 7, 1940

  • The temperature on December 7, 1940 was between 2.0 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
    • February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
    • February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
    • May 13 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
    • June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
    • November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.


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