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Personal data Antonius Mertens 


Household of Antonius Mertens

He is married to Petronella Verhees.

They got married on February 21, 1908 at Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Mertens  1909-1986
  2. Andreas Mertens  1910-1956
  3. Martina Mertens  1924-1996
  4. (Not public)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Antonius Mertens

Maria Aarts
1843-1928

Antonius Mertens
1881-1946

1908

Petronella Verhees
1887-1979

Johanna Mertens
1909-1986
Andreas Mertens
1910-1956
Martina Mertens
1924-1996
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Historical events

Birthday May 8, 1881

  • The temperature on May 8, 1881 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 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 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
    • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
    • May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
    • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
    • July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
    • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.

Day of marriage February 21, 1908

  • The temperature on February 21, 1908 was between 7.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
    • April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
    • 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.
    • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
    • August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
    • October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Day of death June 5, 1946

  • The temperature on June 5, 1946 was between 10.8 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
    • January 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
    • January 22 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
    • February 8 » The People's Republic of Korea is dissolved in the North, establishing the communist-controlled Provisional People's Committee of North Korea.
    • March 2 » Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
    • May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
    • June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.


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Source: Wikipedia

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