Family tree Severijn » Jan (John) van de Merwe (1925-)

Personal data Jan (John) van de Merwe 


Household of Jan (John) van de Merwe

He is married to Gladys Joy Gold.

They got married on April 4, 1950 at Salt Lake City, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jan van de Merwe  1953- 
  2. Jed van de Merwe  1966- 

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  • The temperature on May 21, 1925 was between 7.6 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
    • February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
    • March 21 » Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
    • March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
    • April 4 » The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.
    • August 5 » Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
  • The temperature on April 4, 1950 was between 2.6 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • June 25 » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
    • June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
    • July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
    • October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
    • October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
    • October 19 » Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.


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About the surname Van de Merwe


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