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Personal data Jakobus Merks 


Household of Jakobus Merks

(1) He is married to Maria de Haas.

They got married on May 14, 1868 at Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland, he was 27 years old.Source 1


(2) He is married to Jozina van Geffen.

They got married on May 20, 1875 at Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland, he was 34 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Maria Merks  1876-1950
  2. Gradus Merks  1877-1961
  3. Kornelis Merks  1878-1878
  4. Kornelis Merks  1879-1956
  5. Bertha Merks  1881-1951
  6. Hendrika Merks  1885-1896

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jakobus Merks

Jakobus Merks
1840-1908

(1) 1868

Maria de Haas
1833-1873

(2) 1875

Jozina van Geffen
1843-1920

Maria Merks
1876-1950
Gradus Merks
1877-1961
Kornelis Merks
1878-1878
Kornelis Merks
1879-1956
Bertha Merks
1881-1951
Hendrika Merks
1885-1896

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Historical events

Birthday August 12, 1840

  • The temperature on August 12, 1840 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig regen. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
    • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
    • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
    • May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
    • October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
    • October 11 » The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

Day of marriage May 20, 1875

  • The temperature on May 20, 1875 was about 12.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
    • March 15 » Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.
    • June 19 » The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
    • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
    • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
    • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

Day of death August 5, 1908

  • The temperature on August 5, 1908 was between 13.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
    • February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
    • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
    • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
    • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
    • November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.


Same birth/death day

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