Family tree De Kunder » Gerrit Meurs (1867-1944)
Personal data Gerrit Meurs
- He was born on September 6, 1867 in Wageningen.
Geboren 10:00 uur
- Profession: in the year 1890 leerlooier in Velp.
- He died on April 4, 1944 in Renkum, he was 76 years old.
- A child of Dirk Meurs and Teunisje Bos
- This information was last updated on October 30, 2025.
Household of Gerrit Meurs
He is married to Willemina Lubbers.
They got married on April 24, 1890 at Rheden, he was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
- Gerrit Meurs 1892-1918
- Hendrik Meurs 1893-1917
- Teunis Meurs 1898-> 1947
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Birthday September 6, 1867
- The temperature on September 6, 1867 was about 14.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
- May 15 » Canadian Bank of Commerce opens for business in Toronto, Ontario. The bank would later merge with Imperial Bank of Canada to become what is CIBC in 1961.
- June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
- August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
- September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
- October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
Day of marriage April 24, 1890
- The temperature on April 24, 1890 was about 10.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 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)
- 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
- October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
- October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
- November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
- November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
- December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Day of death April 4, 1944
- The temperature on April 4, 1944 was between 8.8 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- June 25 » World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
- June 26 » World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
- July 6 » Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
- July 20 » World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
- July 26 » World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
- August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
Same birth/death day
- 1860 » Jane Addams, American sociologist and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
- 1861 » William Lane, English-Australian journalist, founded New Australia († 1917)
- 1863 » Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator († 1935)
- 1868 » Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council († 1947)
- 1869 » Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic († 1945)
- 1869 » Walford Davies, English organist and composer († 1941)
- 1932 » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
- 1933 » Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator (b. 1842)
- 1941 » Emine Nazikedâ Kadınefendi, the first wife and chief consort of Sultan Mehmed VI (b. 1866)
- 1944 » Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect (b. 1878)
- 1951 » George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870)
- 1953 » Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
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