Antoon Jurgens
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Antoon Jurgens, born in Oss
, the Netherlands in 1805, was the son of Wilhelmus Jurgens and Henrica van Valkenburg. He died there in 1880 and was a Dutch Merchant and Industrialist.
He married in Oss on 19 May 1832 Johanna Lemmens, the daughter of the Lord Mayor of Beugen and Rijkevoort, Arnoldus Ambrosius Lemmens and Dorothea van de Voordt, whose family also produced several Lord Mayors of Beugen en Rijkevoort. Antoon Jurgens was from 1844 to 1850 member of the Council of Oss
and founder of the A. Jurgens Company, buttermanufacturers in Oss. The demand for butter increased so much due to the Belgian Uproar of 1830 and the amount of soldiers stationed in that part Noord-Brabant of the Netherlands.
In 1871 after buying the French patent to produce margarine, he was the first in the world to produce margarine in his factory in Oss.
Antoon Jurgens and his wife Johanna Lemmens had 10 children, of whom three sons who continued the margarine factory, they were:
In 1867 Antoon Jurgens with the three above mentioned sons founded the Company Antoon Jurgens . In 1871 they produced the first margarine there. In around 1875 Antoon wound down his activities in the company.
Ultimately in 1930 these factories became part of Unilever
. The Jurgens family became within one generation the richest family in the Netherlands.
As a Roman Catholic he bequeathed in 1876 a Headaltar to the Great Church of Oss , the Netherlands .
See "Jurgens Generaties in Beweging" (= Generations on the move) by M.A.J.Jurgens and drs. F.J.M. van de Ven, Volume I and II; Nederlands's Patriciaat Ao 1999, 82e Edition.
Oss
Oss is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of Noord Brabant.- Population centres :-Transportation:* Railway stations: Oss, Oss West, Ravenstein- The city of Oss :...
, the Netherlands in 1805, was the son of Wilhelmus Jurgens and Henrica van Valkenburg. He died there in 1880 and was a Dutch Merchant and Industrialist.
He married in Oss on 19 May 1832 Johanna Lemmens, the daughter of the Lord Mayor of Beugen and Rijkevoort, Arnoldus Ambrosius Lemmens and Dorothea van de Voordt, whose family also produced several Lord Mayors of Beugen en Rijkevoort. Antoon Jurgens was from 1844 to 1850 member of the Council of Oss
Oss
Oss is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of Noord Brabant.- Population centres :-Transportation:* Railway stations: Oss, Oss West, Ravenstein- The city of Oss :...
and founder of the A. Jurgens Company, buttermanufacturers in Oss. The demand for butter increased so much due to the Belgian Uproar of 1830 and the amount of soldiers stationed in that part Noord-Brabant of the Netherlands.
In 1871 after buying the French patent to produce margarine, he was the first in the world to produce margarine in his factory in Oss.
Antoon Jurgens and his wife Johanna Lemmens had 10 children, of whom three sons who continued the margarine factory, they were:
- Johannes Arnoldus Jurgens (1835–1913)
- Hendrikus Leonardus Jurgens (1840–1888)
- Arnoldus Jurgens (1842–1912)
In 1867 Antoon Jurgens with the three above mentioned sons founded the Company Antoon Jurgens . In 1871 they produced the first margarine there. In around 1875 Antoon wound down his activities in the company.
Ultimately in 1930 these factories became part of Unilever
Unilever
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
. The Jurgens family became within one generation the richest family in the Netherlands.
As a Roman Catholic he bequeathed in 1876 a Headaltar to the Great Church of Oss , the Netherlands .
See "Jurgens Generaties in Beweging" (= Generations on the move) by M.A.J.Jurgens and drs. F.J.M. van de Ven, Volume I and II; Nederlands's Patriciaat Ao 1999, 82e Edition.