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Personal data Petrus Roovers 


Household of Petrus Roovers

(1) He is married to Joanna van der Borst.

They got married on November 13, 1884 at Etten Leur, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Maria Roovers  1887-1890
  2. Florentius Roovers  1888-????
  3. Maria Roovers  1890-1973
  4. Adriana Rovers  1891-1954 


(2) He is married to Johanna Jacoba Sandker.

They got married on March 1, 1916 at Rotterdam, he was 59 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Petrus Roovers

Florentius Roovers
1774-1853
Maria Maas
1782-1844
Gerardus Cornelissen
1803-????
Cornelia van Ginneken
1808-????

Petrus Roovers
1856-1924

(1) 1884

Joanna van der Borst
1860-1906

Maria Roovers
1887-1890
Florentius Roovers
1888-????
Maria Roovers
1890-1973
Adriana Rovers
1891-1954
(2) 1916

Johanna Jacoba Sandker
1863-1940


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Historical events

Birthday September 20, 1856

  • The temperature on September 20, 1856 was about 12.8 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • April 11 » Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.
    • April 21 » Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day.
    • May 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces.
    • May 24 » John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
    • June 8 » A group of 194 Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the mutineers of HMSBounty, arrives at Norfolk Island, commencing the Third Settlement of the Island.
    • June 9 » Five hundred Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa for the Mormon Trail.

Day of marriage March 1, 1916

  • The temperature on March 1, 1916 was between 2.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
    • April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
    • June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
    • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
    • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
    • November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

Day of death May 26, 1924

  • The temperature on May 26, 1924 was between 6.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
    • February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
    • June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
    • September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
    • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
    • December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.


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