Brief Life History of Maurits
When Maurits Turfreijer was born on 4 October 1898, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, his father, Hijman Turfreijer, was 27 and his mother, Beletje de la Fuente, was 29. He married Anna Catharina de Raet on 28 November 1923, in Wijnegem, Antwerp, Belgium. He died on 11 February 1945, in Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, at the age of 46.
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- Maurits Turfreijer, "Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950"
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World Events (8)
1899 · Hague Peace Convention
The Hague Peace Convention was a series conferences that produced treaties and declarations. The convention took place in Hague, Netherlands. The conferences were among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in secular international law.
1903 · Railroad strikes in the Netherlands (1903)
A labor dispute broke out among Amsterdam workers regarding union rights. Union membership was obligatory with certain companies, but this was not the case for some other employers. The strikes began in January of 1903 and quickly spread across the country. Workers fought for the right to organize into unions and have the freedom to implement strikes.
1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.
Name Meaning
From Late Latin Mauricius. See Maurice .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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