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Personal data Roelof Meelker 


Household of Roelof Meelker

He is married to Rensktje Louwes.

They got married on December 4, 1897 at Roden, Nederland, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Femke Meelker  1902-2003
  2. Jantje Meelker  1898-1986

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roelof Meelker

Roelf Abels Meelker
1803-1864
Jantien Hendriks Scholtens
1812-1894
Abel Meelker
1837-1874
Jantje Koiter
1831-1870

Roelof Meelker
1870-1948

1897

Rensktje Louwes
1874-1958

Femke Meelker
1902-2003
Jantje Meelker
1898-1986

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    Birthday August 6, 1870

    • The temperature on August 6, 1870 was about 22.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
      • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
      • April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
      • September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
      • October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
      • November 1 » In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.

    Day of marriage December 4, 1897

    • The temperature on December 4, 1897 was about -2.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • 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 year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
      • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
      • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
      • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
      • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
      • December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

    Day of death November 13, 1948

    • The temperature on November 13, 1948 was between 2.1 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
    • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
      • January 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
      • May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
      • August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
      • September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
      • September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
      • October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
    

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