Généalogie DeDoncker » Arthur Joseph MERCIER (1887-1914)

Personal data Arthur Joseph MERCIER 

  • Alternative name: Mort pour la France
  • He was born on March 19, 1887 in Vieux-Condé... Hauts de France.
    Né à 4h du matin.
  • Profession: Maître répétiteur.
  • (Military service) on October 8, 1912 in Valenciennes... Hauts de France.
    Classe 1907, n° de matricule au recrutement : 1704.
    Incorporé au 16e BCP le 8 octobre 1912, soldat de 2ème classe.
    Chasseur de 1ère classe le 15 février 1913.
    Caporal le 25 mai 1913
    Elève officier de réserve le 1er octobre 1913.
    Nommé sous lieutenant de réserve par décret du 29 mars 1914.
    Affecté au 127ème RI.
  • (Award) .
    Légion d'Honneur
    Croix de guerre Loi du 8 avril 1915
    Deux citations dont une à l'ordre de l'armée.
    Très belle attitude au feu, a été griévement blessé en ramenant sur leurs positions des hommes qui les avaient abandonnées.
    Cité à l'ordre de l'armée n°10 du 24 avril 1915.
    Magnifique tenue et remarquable courage au feu ; a été tué à la tête de sa section qu'il encourageait de la voix et de son exemple.
  • He died on August 23, 1914 in Saint-Gérard, Namur, Belgique, he was 27 years old.Source 1
    A 17h, Tué à l'ennemi.
    Déclarations de Hilaire Carrez, âgé de 38 ans, lieutenant au 127è RI et Jules Mariage, âgé de 26 ans, soldat au 127 RI.
  • A child of Arthur MERCIER and Célina STRADY

Household of Arthur Joseph MERCIER

He is married to Jeanne Augusta Joséphine GUIGNARD.

Adresses : 10/08/1912 Avenue de la Liberté à Vieux-Condé (59).

They got married on March 24, 1913 at Condé-sur-l'Escaut... Hauts de France, he was 26 years old.

Témoins : Lucienne Mercier, âgée de 23 ans, sans profession, soeur germaine de l'époux ; François Gérard, âgé de 58 ans, mineur, oncle maternel par alliance de l'époux ; Léon Pisson, âgé de 74 ans, propriétaire, aïeul maternel de l'épouse et Ernest Chauveau?, âgé de 52 ans, propriétaire, oncle paternel par alliance de l'épouse.

Marriage contract closed March 22, 1913 in Condé-sur-l'Escaut... Hauts de France.

En l'étude de Maître Castiau, notaire.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Arthur Joseph MERCIER

Christophe Joseph MERCIER
1824-1867
Joséphine CLOSSON
1827-1916
Lambert STRADY
1835-1906
Célina DUWOST
1839-1929
Arthur MERCIER
1861-> 1940

Arthur Joseph MERCIER
1887-1914

1913

Jeanne Augusta Joséphine GUIGNARD
1892-1974


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    1. https://www.memorialgenweb.org/memorial3/html/fr/complementter.php?table=bp&id=5465388

    Historical events

    Birthday March 19, 1887

    • The temperature on March 19, 1887 was about 3.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
      • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
      • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
      • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
      • July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
      • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

    Day of marriage March 24, 1913

    • The temperature on March 24, 1913 was between 2.8 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (36%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
      • March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
      • March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
      • May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
      • July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
      • November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
      • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

    Day of death August 23, 1914

    • The temperature on August 23, 1914 was between 9.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
      • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
      • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
      • June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
      • August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
      • September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
      • October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
    

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