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Household of Adrianus Merks

He is married to Johanna Cornelia Braat.

They got married on August 10, 1933 at Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Adrianus Merks

Jan Merks
1867-1955

Adrianus Merks
1909-1994

1933

Johanna Cornelia Braat
1912-1997


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Historical events

Birthday April 1, 1909

  • The temperature on April 1, 1909 was between -0.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
    • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
    • August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
    • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
    • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
    • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.

Day of marriage August 10, 1933

  • The temperature on August 10, 1933 was between 12.8 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • May 15 » All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
    • August 14 » Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970km).
    • August 16 » Christie Pits riot takes place in Toronto, Ontario.
    • October 7 » Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.
    • October 12 » The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
    • November 15 » Thailand has its first election.

Day of death September 12, 1994

  • The temperature on September 12, 1994 was between 12.6 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 12.1 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
    • April 27 » South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
    • May 21 » The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessfully attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out.
    • July 4 » Rwandan genocide: Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city.
    • October 27 » Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
    • December 3 » Taiwan held the first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only direct elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first direct elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directed Mayor of Kaohsiung.
    • December 24 » Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1908 » Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic († 1970)
  • 1908 » Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic († 1997)
  • 1909 » Abner Biberman, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1977)
  • 1909 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader († 1951)
  • 1910 » Bob Van Osdel, American high jumper and soldier († 1987)
  • 1910 » Harry Carney, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1974)

Source: Wikipedia


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