Genealogy Harssema » Willem Douwes van der MEER (1844-1922)

Personal data Willem Douwes van der MEER 


Household of Willem Douwes van der MEER

(1) He is married to Geertje Klazes BLOEMHOF.

They got married on May 15, 1869 at Tytsjerksteradiel Friesland Netherlands, he was 25 years old.


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(2) He is married to Trijntje Eetses OOSTENBRUG.

They got married on May 9, 1901 at Tytsjerksteradiel Friesland Netherlands, he was 57 years old.


Notes about Willem Douwes van der MEER

2C4R from Douwe Sytes van der Meer (ca 1737 - 1814) and Trijntje.
11C4R from Harco Attes Siccama (ca 1420 - 1511).

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Birthday January 31, 1844

  • The temperature on January 31, 1844 was about 0 °C. There was 396 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt . Special wheather fenomena: . 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 1844: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 27 » The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
    • March 8 » King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
    • March 21 » The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz.
    • May 1 » Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
    • May 24 » Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate a commercial telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
    • September 28 » Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

Day of marriage May 9, 1901

  • The temperature on May 9, 1901 was between 4.9 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
    • March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
    • June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
    • August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
    • September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
    • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.

Day of death March 17, 1922

  • The temperature on March 17, 1922 was between -0.9 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
    • June 16 » General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
    • July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
    • August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
    • September 9 » The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
    • October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.


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