FutureHistory » Maria Celestina de Meirleir (1869-1949)
Personal data Maria Celestina de Meirleir
- She was born on March 7, 1869 in Temse, België.
- She died on April 23, 1949 in Wilrijk, she was 80 years old.
- A child of Leopoldus "Leopold" de Meireleir (De Meirleir) and Maria Ludovica "Maria Louise" Kegels
Household of Maria Celestina de Meirleir
She is married to Eduard Frans van Herck.
In 1926 woonde het gezin Van Herck nog in Antwerpen stad. Dochter Bertha woonde toen nog (thuis?) in de Abdijstraat 157 (Wijk 9). Zij leerde toen Pierre Van Dessel kennen vanop de Boomsesteenweg. Het koppel huwde.
Gezin Van Herck woonde in 1936 al in Wilrijk, daar huwde ook dochter Martha. Celestine De Meireleir kon op dat moment niet schrijven. Dochter Bertha woonde toen in Antwerpen.
Eduard Van Herck en Celestine De Meirleir woonde in de Letterkundestraat in 1945. Celestine bleef na het overlijden van haar man daar wonen, tot ze er zelf in 1949 overleed.
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Huwelijken Wilrijk 1931 - 1940
They got married on February 21, 1894 at Temse, België, she was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- Maria Elisa van Herck 1896-????
- Irma Maria van Herck 1897-1967
- Antoon van Herck 1900-> 1945
- Bertha Florentina van Herck 1902-> 1936
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Historical events
Birthday March 7, 1869
- The temperature on March 7, 1869 was about -2.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 1869: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
- May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
- May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
- October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
- November 22 » In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched
Day of marriage February 21, 1894
- The temperature on February 21, 1894 was about -5.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
- January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
- March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
- April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
- July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
- November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
Day of death April 23, 1949
- The temperature on April 23, 1949 was between 3.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 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)
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
- January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
- January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
- February 14 » The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
- April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
- July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
- October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
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Peeters Mathieu, "FutureHistory", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-riske/I3030.php : accessed February 8, 2026), "Maria Celestina de Meirleir (1869-1949)".