Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin » Gerrit J. Meerdink (1863-1954)

Personal data Gerrit J. Meerdink 


Household of Gerrit J. Meerdink

He is married to Abigail Ingelse.

They got married on March 2, 1892 at Oostburg, Wisconsin, he was 29 years old.Sources 9, 10


Child(ren):

  2. Edgar Meerdink  1896-????
  3. Florence Meerdink  1903-1975


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Sources

  1. obituary of Gerret Meerdink, dated 7/22/1954, The Sheboygan Press
  2. news article re: 50th wedding anniversary
  3. 1900 Federal Census
    Ward 4, Sheboygan City, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, dated June 1, 1900
  4. birth certificate
    volume 10, page 28, certificate 83; registered 7/24/1872; Sheboygan County Register of Deeds, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  5. Membership records of the Sheboygan Falls Reformed Church
  6. 1910 Federal census
    Ward 4, Sheboygan City, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, dated April 20, 1910.
  7. 1870 Federal Census
    Lima Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, dated July 20, 1870
  8. Find-A-Grave website
  9. marriage certificate
    volume 7, page 138, certificate 823; Sheboygan County Register of Deeds, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  10. obituary of Abigail Meerdink

Historical events

Birthday January 16, 1863

  • The temperature on January 16, 1863 was about -1.9 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
    • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
    • July 13 » New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
    • July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
    • September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
    • November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.

Day of marriage March 2, 1892

  • The temperature on March 2, 1892 was about -3.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
    • February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
    • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
    • June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
    • December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.

Day of death July 21, 1954

  • The temperature on July 21, 1954 was between 8.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
    • April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
    • September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
    • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
    • November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
    • November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.


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Source: Wikipedia

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