Antonius Johannes Jurgens
Antonius Johannes Jurgens (Oss 8 February 1867 – Torquay (UK) 12 March 1945) was the grandson of Antoon Jurgens and Joanna Lemmens . His grandfather was the founder of butter (1867) and the first world margarine factories (1871) in Oss, The Netherlands. Antonius Johannes Jurgens was one of the main European margarine and soap manufacturers in the early twentieth century. Anton Jurgens as he was called started in the late eighteen hundreds also a Margarine factory in Germany and in Belgium. Although initially in fierce competition with another manufacturer from Oss in the Netherlands, Samuel van den Bergh, both competitors joined up in 1927 to form the Margarine Unie, which would merge in 1930 with William Hesketh Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme of Lever Brothers to form Unilever. Antonius Johannes Jurgens was also a Dutch politician. Eric Jurgens, a family member, is at present a politician in the Netherlands. See "Jurgens Generaties in Beweging" by M.A.J.Jurgens and drs. F.J.M. van de Ven, Volume I and II; Nederlands's Patriciaat Ao 1999, 82e Edition.
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- Jurgens (Hzn.), Antonius Johannes (1867-1945) at www.inghist.nl (Dutch)
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