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Household of Eelkje Merkus

She is married to Berend Harts van der Meer.

They got married on May 23, 1925 at Achtkarspelen, Friesland, she was 24 years old.

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Birthday March 26, 1901

  • The temperature on March 26, 1901 was between -6.7 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (55%). 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
    • February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
    • August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
    • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
    • October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
    • October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

Day of marriage May 23, 1925

  • The temperature on May 23, 1925 was between 9.6 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • February 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
    • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
    • April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
    • May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
    • May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
    • July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.


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