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Personal data Jan Cornelis "Jan" Merckx 


Household of Jan Cornelis "Jan" Merckx

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Catharina Maas) is also his cousin.

He is married to Catharina Maas.

Permission for the marriage was obtained September 20, 1889.

They got married on October 12, 1889 at Hooge en Lage Mierde, he was 25 years old.

Getuige: Josephus/Merckx/
Getuige: Godefridus/Luyten/
Getuige: Cornelis/Maas/
Getuige: Hendrikus/Maas/

Child(ren):

  1. Stephanus Merckx  1890-1957 
  3. Jan Cornelis Merckx  1893-1992
  4. Margaretha Merckx  1894-1965 
  5. Rosalia Merckx  1895-1929 
  6. Adrianus Merckx  1896-1918
  7. Godefridus Merckx  1897-1988
  8. Johannes Merckx  1899-1928 
  9. Cornelia Merckx  1901-1977
  11. Josephus Merckx  1903-1975
  12. Adriana Merckx  1904-1999
  13. Paulina Merckx  1907-1993
  14. Catharina Merckx  1908-1972

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Birthday August 6, 1864

  • The temperature on August 6, 1864 was about 22.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 18 » Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
    • April 25 » American Civil War: The Battle of Marks' Mills.
    • June 15 » Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
    • November 11 » American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.
    • December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
    • December 8 » Pope Pius IX promulgates the encyclical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.

Day of marriage October 12, 1889

  • The temperature on October 12, 1889 was about 12.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
    • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
    • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
    • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
    • November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
    • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Day of death January 5, 1909

  • The temperature on January 5, 1909 was between -0.2 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
    • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
    • September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
    • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
    • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
    • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

Day of burial January 7, 1909

  • The temperature on January 7, 1909 was between 1.3 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
    • May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
    • September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
    • September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
    • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
    • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.


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