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Personal data Petrus Jozef Mertens 

  • He was born on August 23, 1875 in Nederhasselt.
    Tijdstip: 15
    is gekomen Jan Baptist Mertens, oud 46 jaren, landbouwer, wonende alhier Slettem. Dewelke ons heeft vertoont een kindje, van het mannelijk geslacht, geboren in zijne woning, ten drie ure namiddag, van hem en van zijne met hem woonende echtgenote, Emelie De Smet, oud 39 jaren, bloemmaakster, en aan het welk hij verklaarde te geven de voornaam van, Petrus Jozef. Deze vertoning en verklaringen zijn gedaan ten bijwezen van, Konstantijn De Bodt, oud 52 jaren, veldwachter, en jan Baptist De Bodt, oud 50 jaren, landbouwer, alhier ook gehuisvest.
  • He was christened on August 24, 1875 in Nederhasselt in de Sint-Amanduskerk.
    Witness: Petrus Josephus De Smet Sophia Bael
  • He died on January 16, 1882 in Nederhasselt, he was 6 years old.
    Tijdstip: 19:00
    zyn verschenen Jan Baptista Mertens, oud 53 jaren, vader, en Philemon Van Der Haegen, oud 25 jaren, kennis des overleden, beiden landbouwers in deze gemeente gevestigd, dewelke verklaarden dat, om zeven uren 's avonds in zyne woning wijk Slettem, binnen deze gemeente is overleden, Petrus Josephus Mertens, oud zeven jaren, zonder beroep in deze gemeente geboren en woonachtig, minderjarige zoon van den eersten comparant en van Amelia De Smet, oud 45 jaren, landbouwster, wonende wyk Slettem alhier.
  • A child of Joannes Baptist Mertens and Emelia de Smet
  • This information was last updated on November 16, 2010.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Petrus Jozef Mertens

Joannes Franciscus Mertens
1797-1874
Anna Maria d'Haeseleer
1796-1857
Martinus de Smet
1797-1847
Maria Theresia Nuttinck
1806-1889

Petrus Jozef Mertens
1875-1882


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Birthday August 23, 1875

  • The temperature on August 23, 1875 was about 22.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
    • March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
    • August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
    • September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
    • October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
    • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Christening day August 24, 1875

  • The temperature on August 24, 1875 was about 23.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 5 » The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
    • February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
    • March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
    • May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
    • May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
    • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Day of death January 16, 1882

  • The temperature on January 16, 1882 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 78 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 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
    • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
    • August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
    • September 4 » The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
    • September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
    • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.


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