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Personal data Maria Elisabeth Zegers 


Household of Maria Elisabeth Zegers

She is married to Joannes Leopoldus van Gestel.

They got married on May 13, 1895 at turnhout, she was 23 years old.

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Notes about Maria Elisabeth Zegers

Overleden ten gevolge van de eerste bombardementen van het Duits leger bij het begin van WW II. Was ter plekke overleden.
De bommen vielen ter hoogte van de Vredestraat en de Nieuwstad in Turnhout.
Haar zoon Augustinus was bij haar op dat ogenblik. Deze is dezelfde dagoverleden aan zijn verwondingen in het ziekenhuis gelegen aan de Warandestraat te Turnhout

Uit de kronieken van Turnhout:
Bron: Turnhout in jaartallen (Erik Adriaensen, 2006), Stadsarchief Turnhout

10/05/1940
Onze generatie zal niet zo vlug het beangstigend ontwaken vergeten, toen de dageraad van 10 mei 1940, onze vreedzame grenzen voor de tweede maal in een kwart eeuw geschonden zag.
10/05/1940
‟s Morgens tussen 5 en 6 uur worden de eerste Duitse vliegtuigen boven Turnhout gehoord. De Duitsers overvallen Nederland. Rond half vijf in de namiddag werpt een Duitse vlieger een aantal bommen af, die ter streken Vredestraat terechtkomen. Resultaat: een 20-tal gekwetsten en vijf dodelijke slachtoffers. De Belgische soldaten blazen de ijzeren brug en de bruggen nrs 1 en 8 op. De slag is voelbaar in de hele stad. Ook de macadamweg te Papenbrugge doet men springen.

11/05/1940
In de voornacht van 11 mei grijpt een nieuwe bomaanval plaats. Vooral de randgebieden worden daarbij getroffen: het Stokt, Gierle Steenweg , Kastelein, IJzerenwegstraat en Oude Vaartstraat. Er vallen 10 doden.
14 /05/1940
De Duitsers vallen Turnhout binnen. Overgave van de stad door het stadsbestuur.

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Birthday October 19, 1871

  • The temperature on October 19, 1871 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
    • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
    • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
    • May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
    • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
    • October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".

Day of marriage May 13, 1895

  • The temperature on May 13, 1895 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
    • March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
    • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
    • October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
    • November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
    • November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.

Day of death May 10, 1940

  • The temperature on May 10, 1940 was between 5.7 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
    • June 5 » World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
    • August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
    • September 17 » World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
    • November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
    • November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
    • November 24 » World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.


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