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Personal data Maria Mekers 


Household of Maria Mekers

She is married to Rudolf Scheij.

They got married on July 9, 1903 at Hedikhuizen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, she was 24 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Willem Scheij  1904-1940
  3. Antonetta Scheij  1909- 
  6. Cornelia Scheij  1918-1980

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Historical events

Birthday January 6, 1879

  • The temperature on January 6, 1879 was about 3.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
    • February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
    • May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
    • May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
    • July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
    • July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.

Day of marriage July 9, 1903

  • The temperature on July 9, 1903 was between 6.1 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
    • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
    • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
    • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
    • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Day of death September 19, 1936

  • The temperature on September 19, 1936 was between 10.1 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
    • May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    • June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
    • June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
    • August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
    • August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.


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