Jan Arthur Goossens and Juanita (Juana) Enriqueta Dates Dirks

Divorced


Husband:   Jan Arthur Goossens

Born: 30-Mar-1900
Died: 4-May-1962
Father:  
Mother:  
Other Spouses: Edith ten Kate, Ardine Kleekamp
Other Children: Evelyn Liv Goossens, Kaj Goossens, Erik Goossens, Isabelle Goossens


Jan Arthur Goossens was born in Zevenbergen (Netherlands), son of a Belgian father from Ghent who was a Civil and Chemical Engineer and Director of a sugar factory.   His mother came from Roosendaal in the county of Noord Brabant in the Netherlands.  During World War I, Jan opted to gain the nationality of his mother.  He wanted to become medical doctor but due to circumstances he became businessman.  He married three times and from each wife received a son and a daughter.


Wife:   Juanita (Juana) Enriqueta Dates Dirks

Born: 18-Nov-1906
Died: 10-Jan-1968
Father: Herman Frederico Carlos Dates
Mother: Alida (Lida) Clasina Dirks


Juana Enriqueta Dates was born in Buenos-Aires.  After her marriage she lived in Ghent (Belgium).  In 1940, at the beginning of World War II, she was just divorced and had to leave the Country.  She returned to her family in Buenos Aires.


Female  Child 1:   Lida (Lied) Herman Isabelle Goossens

Born: 1-Jun-1929
Died: 19-Jan-2000
Spouse: Walter Lippens
Children: Marc Lippens


Lida Goossens was born in Ghent, Belgium, and until 1940 lived there with her parents in the same house with her grandparents.  During her childhood she also lived in France, Switzerland and the Netherlands.  It was in Ghent, during a holiday at her grandparents, that she met her husband Walter Lippens and that her son Marc was born.  She was a child carer.


Male  Child 2:   Herman Goossens

Born: 16-Feb-1931
Died: 1991
Spouse: Josette Laune
Children: Jacqueline Goossens, Brigitte Goossens, Carine Goossens, Michel Goossens, Caroline Goossens

Occupation: Herman was a car mechanic.
Herman was born in Ghent (Belgium).