Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker (1890 - 1939)

Born 6 Apr 1890 in Kediri, Oost-Java, Nederlands-Indië

Ancestors

Husband of Sophie Marie Elisabeth von Morgen — married 25 Mar 1919 (to 11 Oct 1923) in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Died 23 Dec 1939 at age 49 in New York, United States

Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker is Notable.

Biography

He was a Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer. He produced fighter aircraft in Germany during the First World War such as the Eindecker monoplanes, the Dr.1 triplane and the D.VII biplane.

Birth

Anthony was born in 1890. He was the son of Herman Fokker and Johanna Diemont.

Marriages

• He married Sophie Marie Elisabeth von Morgen in 1919. They divorced in 1923. ^[1]
• He married Violet Austman in 1927 in New York City. On 8 February 1929, she died in a fall from their hotel suite window. The original police report said her death was a suicide, but this was later changed to "vertigo victim" at the request of her husband's staff.^[2]

Death

He passed away in 1939. Fokker died at age 49 in New York in 1939 from pneumococcal meningitis, after a three-week-long illness. In 1940, his ashes were brought to Westerveld Cemetery in Driehuis, North Holland, where they were buried in the family grave.

Sources

1. ↑ Burgerlijke Stand Huwelijk 1919, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland. Akte 94 (1919-03-25), Noord-Hollands Archief accessed via OpenArch Permalink
2. ↑ Wikipedia Anthony Fokker Wikipedia

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q76703, en:Wikipedia
• Wikidata: Item Q76703, nl:Wikipedia