Family tree Mertens » Catharina van Meer (1889-1966)

Personal data Catharina van Meer 

  • She was born on March 10, 1889 in Nieuw Vossemeer, N-Br, NL.
  • Profession: from 1929 till 1966 Zonder beroep.
  • Resident:
    • from 1918 till 1920: G 1, Halsteren.
      4-6-1918 van Nieuw Vossemeer naar Halsteren gekomen
    • from 1920 till 1925: A 134, Lepelstraat.
    • from 1925 till 1931: A 136, Lepelstraat.
    • from 1940 till 1953: Glymesedijk, Halsteren.
    • in the year 1943: Gemeente Halsteren.
    • from 1953 till 1966: Slotweg 1, Lepelstraat.
  • She died on November 20, 1966 in Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL, she was 77 years old.
  • A child of Johannes van Meer and Isabella Huijgen
  • This information was last updated on April 18, 2021.

Household of Catharina van Meer

She is married to Johannes Cornelis Vriens.

They got married on May 31, 1918 at Nieuw Vossemeer, N-Br, NL, she was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Petrus Cornelis Vriens  1919-1996 
  3. Barbera Antonia Vriens  1923-2012 
  4. Johannes Vriens  1927-2012 
  5. Hendrikus Vriens  1929-2013 
  6. Theodorus Vriens  1932-2015 

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    Historical events

    Birthday March 10, 1889

    • The temperature on March 10, 1889 was about 4.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
      • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
      • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
      • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
      • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
      • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
      • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

    Day of marriage May 31, 1918

    • The temperature on May 31, 1918 was between 6.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
      • September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
      • October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
      • November 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
      • November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
      • December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.
      • December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

    Day of death November 20, 1966

    • The temperature on November 20, 1966 was between 3.3 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 11.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
      • March 16 » Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with an Agena Target Vehicle.
      • June 8 » Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
      • July 10 » The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago. As many as 60,000 people attend.
      • July 18 » A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
      • July 30 » England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time.
      • October 1 » West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.

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