Leonardus Klerks was born on 17 October 1878 at six in the evening in Drunen, the son of the farmer Arnoldus Klerks and Gijsberdina van Son. On 5 October 1903 he married Francijna Ballier in Drunen. Their family, too, was large and heavily marked: of the twelve children born between 1904 and 1922, five died as babies or toddlers. The children who grew up carried the family forward, among them Johannes ('Jan', 1914), the father of archive compiler Leo. Around their 25th wedding anniversary the couple was photographed with a large part of the family — one of the finest images in this archive. Leonardus died on 20 March 1946 in 's-Hertogenbosch.
Life events
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Notes
Death confirmed by the death certificate (municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch, 1946): died 20 March 1946, widower of Francijna Ballier. The death was reported by his son Johannes ('Jan') Klerks (P0061).
Parents
Family with Francijna Ballier
Marriage: 5 oktober 1903 te Drunen
Children (13)
Family page: G011
Photos
Groepsfoto bij het 25-jarig huwelijksfeest van Leonardus Klerks (P0051) en Francijna Ballier (P0056), omstreeks 1927, met hun kinderen.
Volgens het bijschrift op heusdeninbeeld.nl, achterste rij (van links naar rechts): Nol, Diena (later Zuster Laurina), Anna (later Zr. Columba) en Lien. Voorste rij: Jan, Bart, Leonardus Klerks, Francijna Ballier en Siena.
Bron: heusdeninbeeld.nl.
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huwelijksakte Arnoldus Klerks en Cisca van Venrooij (Drunen) · 1945 · 2 pages · also: Arnoldus Josephus Klerks, Cisca van Venrooij, Francijna Ballier, Jan Klerks