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Personal data Gerrit Meijer 


Household of Gerrit Meijer

(1) He is married to Wilhelmina Hendrika van Gorkum.

They got married on August 20, 1924 at Rotterdam, he was 23 years old.

Gerrit verlaat zijn vrouw Wilhelmina Hendrika aan het begin van de oorlog en trouwt in Engeland (hij pleegt dus bigamie). Dit tweede huwelijk was derhalve ongeldig en wordt op 15 maart 1948 bij vonnis van de arrondissementsrechtbank te Rotterdam nietig verklaard.

Child(ren):

  1. Barendina Meijer  1926-2004
  2. Gerrit Meijer  1929-2009
  3. Jacob Meijer  1935-2004


(2) He is married to Dorothy Kenyon.

They got married on June 29, 1942 at Eton Engeland, he was 41 years old.

Gerrit verlaat zijn vrouw Wilhelmina Hendrika aan het begin van de oorlog en trouwt in Engeland (hij pleegt dus bigamie). Dit tweede huwelijk was derhalve ongeldig en wordt op 15 maart 1948 bij vonnis van de arrondissementsrechtbank te Rotterdam nietig verklaard.

The couple were divorced from March 15, 1948 at Rotterdam.


Timeline Gerrit Meijer

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Meijer

Jacob Meijer
1840-1901
Stijntje Schorsij
1841-1910
Jacob Meijer
1874-1945

Gerrit Meijer
1900-1953

(1) 1924

Wilhelmina Hendrika van Gorkum
1902-1987

Barendina Meijer
1926-2004
Gerrit Meijer
1929-2009
Jacob Meijer
1935-2004
(2) 1942

Dorothy Kenyon
1907-1988


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    Historical events

    Birthday October 8, 1900

    • The temperature on October 8, 1900 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
      • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
      • April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
      • May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
      • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
      • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.

    Day of marriage June 29, 1942

    • The temperature on June 29, 1942 was between 11.6 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
      • February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
      • February 22 » World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
      • March 20 » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
      • August 13 » Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
      • November 3 » World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
      • November 21 » The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).

    Day of death July 19, 1953

    • The temperature on July 19, 1953 was between 12.2 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
      • April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
      • April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
      • May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
      • June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
      • July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
      • November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
    

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