22 Facts About Simon Berman

Simon Berman was the son of Gerarda Blom from Alkmaar and Ds.

Simon Berman was raised in a family in financial need as his father, who suffered from poor health, was unable to advance his career after his first appointment as a preacher in a small parish.

In 1885, while working at the municipal secretariat of Purmerend, Simon Berman passed his exam for candidate town clerk.

In 1890, at the age of 29, Simon Berman was appointed mayor and town clerk of Kwadijk, Warder and Middelie.

Simon Berman headed a committee that would pay 750 guilders, donated by the residents, for the golden tip.

Simon Berman was praised for the way he handled the case.

In 1895 Simon Berman found himself in a minority position when the West Friesland Canal Committee set out to plan a canal from Schagen to the Noordhollandsch Kanaal at De Stolpen.

Simon Berman argued for a longer trajectory to Kolhorn that was eventually included in the plans as optional only.

In 1896 Simon Berman was elected chairman of the committee for establishing a tram connection between Alkmaar and Schagen.

In 1898 the opening of an agricultural school in Schagen, that Simon Berman had supported, materialized.

Simon Berman resigned as mayor of Schagen in 1900, explaining that his ideology conflicted with some of his functions.

Simon Berman was appointed administrator for the Christian anarchist publishing house De Vrede in The Hague.

Simon Berman continued to manage publications, lived outside the commune, in nearby Laren, and did not transfer his savings.

The printing group moved to Amersfoort in 1903, after Simon Berman had resigned that same year from its management.

In 1904 Simon Berman lived on the Asterstraat 25 in Hilversum and became secretary of the society Ons Huis, part of the Christian-anarchist network.

Simon Berman tried to expedite tram transportation in the province.

Shortly after Simon Berman was installed in 1914 as Mayor of Alblasserdam, World War I started.

Simon Berman married Johanna Diderica Helena Willink on July 11,1889 in Bennebroek.

Simon and Johanna Berman had a daughter, Agatha Johanna, and two sons, Alexander Johan and Gerard.

Alexander Simon Berman initially followed in his father's footsteps when he became Town Clerck of Wijdenes at the age of 20, then filled a similar position in Semarang, Dutch East Indies.

Simon Berman died in Haarlem on 19 October 1934, at the age of 73.

Simon Berman was buried at the public cemetery in Heemstede.