Genealogische database Eisenga » Willem Eppes Mekkes (1836-1881)
Personal data Willem Eppes Mekkes
Source 1- He was born on December 8, 1836 in Thesinge, GR, NLD.Source 1
- Profession: landbouwer; Bij de boedelscheiding in 1867 werd aan Willem Mekkes toebedeeld de boerderij met 9 grazen land , thans Dorpsweg 55 te Garmerwolde. In 1879 wordt deze boerderij door Willem en zijn vrouw Trientje verkocht. In 1879 wordt door hen een boerderij in Ellerhuizen gekocht..
- He died on October 7, 1881 in Ellerhuizen, GR, NLD, he was 44 years old.Source 2
- A child of Eppe Willems Mekkes and Trientje Everts Dijk
- This information was last updated on January 15, 2012.
Household of Willem Eppes Mekkes
He is married to Trijntje Jans Kraijema.Source 3
They got married on February 28, 1870 at Ten Boer, GR, NLD, he was 33 years old.
Child(ren):
- Trientje Mekkes 1870-1924
- Jan Mekkes 1871-1935
- Jantje Mekkes 1872-1955
- Seike Mekkes 1875-1889
- Kornelis Mekkes 1876-1878
- Catharina Mekkes 1878-????
- Anje Mekkes 1880-1880
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Historical events
Birthday December 8, 1836
- The temperature on December 8, 1836 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: bui weerlicht onweer. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.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 1836: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- February 19 » King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia.
- April 21 » Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
- May 4 » Formation of Ancient Order of Hibernians
- June 15 » Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
- August 17 » British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths
- October 22 » Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
Day of marriage February 28, 1870
- The temperature on February 28, 1870 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
- July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
- July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
- August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
- September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
- October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
Day of death October 7, 1881
- The temperature on October 7, 1881 was about 11.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
- April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
- June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
- July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
- September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
- November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.
- December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
Same birth/death day
- 1813 » August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands († 1890)
- 1815 » Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator († 1905)
- 1817 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1896)
- 1818 » Charles III, Prince of Monaco († 1889)
- 1822 » Jakov Ignjatović, Hungarian-Serbian author († 1889)
- 1832 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1910)
- 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
- 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
- 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
- 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
- 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
- 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
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