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Personal data Wolter Meis 


Household of Wolter Meis

He is married to Anna Kaldijk.

They got married on June 18, 1892 at Oude Pekela, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Maria Catharina Meis  1903-1973 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wolter Meis

Wolter Meis
1870-1943

1892

Anna Kaldijk
1869-1943

Maria Catharina Meis
1903-1973

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Birthday April 23, 1870

  • The temperature on April 23, 1870 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 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)
  • 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.
    • January 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
    • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
    • February 9 » US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
    • June 26 » The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
    • August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
    • September 4 » Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

Day of marriage June 18, 1892

  • The temperature on June 18, 1892 was about 10.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
    • June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
    • July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
    • September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
    • October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
    • October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.

Day of death May 15, 1943

  • The temperature on May 15, 1943 was between 7.9 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
    • March 6 » Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
    • March 21 » Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.
    • September 6 » Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
    • September 16 » World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
    • November 29 » World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).


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