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Personal data Willem Merks 

  • He was born on November 1, 1843 in Hilvarenbeek.
  • He died on January 25, 1914 in Hilvarenbeek, he was 70 years old.
    Overlijdensakte Willem Merks Hilvarenbeek
    Gemeente Hilvarenbeek
    Brontype boek
    Archiefnummer 908
    Deelnummer 31
    Registernaam Overlijdensregister 1914
    Periode register 1914
    Aktenummer 6

    Overledene Willem Merks
    Geboorteplaats Hilvarenbeek
    Plaats overlijden Hilvarenbeek
    Datum overlijden 25-01-1914
    Geslacht m
    Leeftijd 70 jaren

    Relatie Johanna Maria Jonkers

    Vader Adriaan Merks

    Moeder Maria Schellekens
  • A child of Adriaan Merkx and Maria Schellekens
  • This information was last updated on April 26, 2015.

Household of Willem Merks

He is married to Johanna Maria Jonkers.

They got married on February 21, 1876 at Hilvarenbeek, he was 32 years old.

Huwelijksakte Willem Merks 21-02-1876 Hilvarenbeek

GemeenteHilvarenbeek
Brontypeboek
Archiefnummer908
Deelnummer17
RegisternaamHuwelijksregister 1876
CodeHVB_H_1876
Periode register1876
Aktenummer7
PlaatsHilvarenbeek
Datum21-02-1876

BruidegomWillem Merks
GeboorteplaatsHilvarenbeek
Geboortedatum01-11-1843
Leeftijd32

BruidJohanna Maria Jonkers
GeboorteplaatsHilvarenbeek
Geboortedatum12-05-1851
Leeftijd24

Vader bruidegomAdriaan Merks

Moeder bruidegomMaria Schellekens

Vader bruidAdriaan Jonkers

Moeder bruidAdriana Smolders

Child(ren):

  1. Adrianus Merks  1877-????
  2. Adriana Maria Merks  1879-????

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Birthday November 1, 1843

  • The temperature on November 1, 1843 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    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 year 1843: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • June 17 » The Wairau Affray, the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars, takes place.
    • July 19 » Brunel's steamship the SSGreat Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
    • August 15 » Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
    • September 3 » King Otto of Greece is forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens.
    • October 1 » The News of the World tabloid begins publication in London, UK.
    • December 16 » The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves, who denoted them with a boldface O, was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton, discoverer of quaternions, in a letter on this date.

Day of marriage February 21, 1876

  • The temperature on February 21, 1876 was about 10.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
    • March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
    • April 11 » The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • June 25 » Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
    • September 7 » In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.

Day of death January 25, 1914

  • The temperature on January 25, 1914 was between -6.4 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
    • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
    • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
    • September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
    • November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
    • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.


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