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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Historical events
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.
- September 2 » Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
- September 28 » Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
- November 3 » Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).
- November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
- December 2 » At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
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.
- July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
- July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
- July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
- November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
- November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
- November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
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.
- January 4 » World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
- January 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
- April 4 » World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
- May 18 » Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
- July 7 » World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
- July 25 » World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
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- 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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