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Personal data Jacob Meerkerk 


Household of Jacob Meerkerk

He is married to Johanna Cornelia Krouwel.

They got married on January 9, 1857 at Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland.

Noot: in de huwelijksakte staat als achternaam vermeld: Krauweel
Plaats: bron: Het Utrechts Archief, akte 2

Child(ren):

  1. Cornelia Meerkerk  1859-1907
  2. Jannigje Meerkerk  1860-1922
  3. Cornelia Meerkerk  1858-1858
  4. Jacobus Meerkerk  1863-1863
  5. Jacoba Meerkerk  1865-1865
  6. Jacobus Meerkerk  1866-1883
  7. Jan Arie Meerkerk  1868-1870
  10. Jacoba Meerkerk  1873-1943
  11. Janna Meerkerk  1874-????

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Day of marriage January 9, 1857

  • The temperature on January 9, 1857 was about -4.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 9 » The 7.9 Mw  Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
    • March 3 » Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
    • March 6 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
    • May 26 » Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
    • June 26 » The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
    • December 31 » Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada.

Day of death December 22, 1887

  • The temperature on December 22, 1887 was about -3.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
    • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
    • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
    • June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
    • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
    • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.


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