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Personal data Roelf Meems 


Household of Roelf Meems

(1) He is married to Aaltje Kloppenburg.

They got married on August 2, 1884 at Odoorn, he was 27 years old.

The couple were divorced from at Assen.


(2) He is married to Bondina van Oosten.

They got married on September 22, 1905 at Odoorn, he was 48 years old.

The couple were divorced from October 26, 1923 at Assen.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roelf Meems

Roelf Berents Meems
????-1858
Grietje Hindriks Geulkes
Roelf Jurrien Vos
1787-????
Fennegien Hindriks Bolder
1799-????
Berent Meems
1831-1894

Roelf Meems
1857-1932

(1) 1884

Aaltje Kloppenburg
1860-????

(2) 1905

Bondina van Oosten
1865-????


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Birthday July 11, 1857

  • The temperature on July 11, 1857 was about 17.6 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 24 » The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
    • March 3 » Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
    • June 26 » The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
    • September 12 » The SSCentral America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.
    • October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
    • November 16 » Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.

Day of marriage September 22, 1905

  • The temperature on September 22, 1905 was between 6.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
    • April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
    • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
    • December 9 » In France, the law separating church and state is passed.

Day of death May 3, 1932

  • The temperature on May 3, 1932 was between 9.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
    • April 5 » Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
    • September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
    • September 17 » A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
    • November 8 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.
    • December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.


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