Family tree Hegeman » Roelof Meems (1871-1926)
Personal data Roelof Meems
- He was born on October 2, 1871 in Exloermond, Nederland.
- He died on October 12, 1926 in Emmen, Nederland, he was 55 years old.
- A child of Jan Meems and Elsien Glaasker
Household of Roelof Meems
He is married to Annechien Danker.
They got married on October 26, 1894, he was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Jantina Meems- 1897-1897
- Willemina Meems 1898-????
- Jan Meems- 1899-1899
- Jan Meems- 1900-1905
- Lammechien Meems 1902-1918
- Grietje Meems- ± 1904-1905
- Willem Meems- ± 1904-1918
- Johannes Albertus Meems 1905-
- Johannes Gerhardus Meems- 1907-1918
- Rudolf Meems- 1908-1911
- Albert Meems- 1910-1911
- Albert Meems- 1911-1911
- Johann Rudolf Meems 1913-1953
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Historical events
Birthday October 2, 1871
- The temperature on October 2, 1871 was about 10.5 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
- March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
- March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
- July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
- August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
- December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage October 26, 1894
- The temperature on October 26, 1894 was about 11.0 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
- March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
- June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
- July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
- August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
- September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
Day of death October 12, 1926
- The temperature on October 12, 1926 was between 8.2 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 14.1 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
- January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
- April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
- May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
- May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
- August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
- September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
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Ferry Hegeman, "Family tree Hegeman", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-hegeman/I64899.php : accessed August 8, 2025), "Roelof Meems (1871-1926)".