Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAbraham Pieter Adrianus (Bram) Bongers (Fred Kaps) 
, 148957
, 148957Birth8 Jun 1926, Rotterdam, Holland
Death23 Jul 1980, Utrecht, Holland
Occupationgoochelaar
FatherWillem Johannes Bongers , 148958 (1896-)
MotherTannetje Duivewaardt , 148959 (1902-)
Notes for Abraham Pieter Adrianus (Bram) Bongers (Fred Kaps)
WIKIPEDIA:
Fred Kaps, artiestennaam van Abraham (Bram) Pieter Adrianus Bongers (Rotterdam, 8 juni 1926 – Utrecht, 23 juli 1980), was een Nederlands goochelaar.
WIKIPEDIA(ENGELS):
Using the name Valdini, he performed at weddings and parties. Then he changed his name to Mystica and performed for Dutch soldiers.
Bram was a protégé of Henk Vermeijden, who was the owner of a magic studio in Amsterdam. Henk trained several world champions. He became Mystica's agent, director, and coach.
There were other magicians that used similar sounding names to Mystica. Henk didn’t like the sound of Mystica. He felt Bram needed a name that would, “…click in any language”, so they sat down to ponder an appropriate name. They went through the phone book until they found an advertisement for raincoats made by a company named Daks. From there they developed the word Kaps. But Bram Kaps would not do because people from other countries always mangled his first name. So on December 1950, Bongers, changed his stagename to Fred Kaps. In 1952, Kaps married his childhood sweetheart Nelly.
ROTTERDAMSCH NIEUWSBLAD, D.D. 9 JUNI 1926:
BURGERLIJKE STAND.
8 JUNI.
BEVALLEN:
T. Bongers—Duivewaardt, Z.
STADSARCHIEF.ROTTERDAM.NL:
Bevolkingsregistratie, Gezinskaarten
Geregistreerde: Willem Johannes Bongers
Geboortedatum: 07-07-1896
Geregistreerde: Tannetje Duivewaardt
Geboortedatum: 11-01-1902
Bron: Gezinskaarten
Toegangsnummer: 494-03 Archief van de Gemeentesecretarie Rotterdam, afdeling Bevolking: bevolkingsboekhouding van Rotterdam en geannexeerde gemeenten
Inventarisnummer: 851-048
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Fred Kaps, artiestennaam van Abraham (Bram) Pieter Adrianus Bongers (Rotterdam, 8 juni 1926 – Utrecht, 23 juli 1980), was een Nederlands goochelaar.
WIKIPEDIA(ENGELS):
Using the name Valdini, he performed at weddings and parties. Then he changed his name to Mystica and performed for Dutch soldiers.
Bram was a protégé of Henk Vermeijden, who was the owner of a magic studio in Amsterdam. Henk trained several world champions. He became Mystica's agent, director, and coach.
There were other magicians that used similar sounding names to Mystica. Henk didn’t like the sound of Mystica. He felt Bram needed a name that would, “…click in any language”, so they sat down to ponder an appropriate name. They went through the phone book until they found an advertisement for raincoats made by a company named Daks. From there they developed the word Kaps. But Bram Kaps would not do because people from other countries always mangled his first name. So on December 1950, Bongers, changed his stagename to Fred Kaps. In 1952, Kaps married his childhood sweetheart Nelly.
ROTTERDAMSCH NIEUWSBLAD, D.D. 9 JUNI 1926:
BURGERLIJKE STAND.
8 JUNI.
BEVALLEN:
T. Bongers—Duivewaardt, Z.
STADSARCHIEF.ROTTERDAM.NL:
Bevolkingsregistratie, Gezinskaarten
Geregistreerde: Willem Johannes Bongers
Geboortedatum: 07-07-1896
Geregistreerde: Tannetje Duivewaardt
Geboortedatum: 11-01-1902
Bron: Gezinskaarten
Toegangsnummer: 494-03 Archief van de Gemeentesecretarie Rotterdam, afdeling Bevolking: bevolkingsboekhouding van Rotterdam en geannexeerde gemeenten
Inventarisnummer: 851-048
IK BEN IN HET BEZIT VAN DE OVERLIJDENSADVERTENTIE UIT DE TELEGRAAF.