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Household of Johannes "John" Merkus

He is married to Trijntje Jacoba Bouma.

They got married on April 29, 1943 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 31 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Johannes Merkus

Ymke Jans Merkus
1845-1932
Eelkje Rinzes Huizenga
1848-1921
Berend Johannes van der Veer
1850-1924
Dirkje Jans Heikamp
1855-1933
Rinse Merkus
1874-1949

Johannes Merkus
1911-1979

1943

Trijntje Jacoba Bouma
1912-2002


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1911, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/134092885/johannes-merkus
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Historical events

Birthday October 30, 1911

  • The temperature on October 30, 1911 was between 2.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
    • January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
    • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
    • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
    • September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
    • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.

Day of marriage April 29, 1943

  • The temperature on April 29, 1943 was between 0.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • March 2 » World War II: Allied aircraft defeat a Japanese attempt to ship troops to New Guinea.
    • April 19 » Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16.
    • July 5 » World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sails for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943).
    • July 11 » Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak.
    • October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
    • October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.

Day of death February 7, 1979

  • The temperature on February 7, 1979 was between -1.7 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • February 13 » An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a ​⁄2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
    • March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
    • April 4 » Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
    • October 17 » Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
    • November 30 » Pink Floyd's rock opera, The Wall is released.
    • December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1990 » Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (b. 1905)

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