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Personal data Janke Merkus 


Household of Janke Merkus

She is married to Pieter Zijlstra.

They got married on May 7, 1927 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 22 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janke Merkus

Ymke Jans Merkus
1845-1932
Eelkje Rinzes Huizenga
1848-1921
Johannes van der Schaaf
1857-1953
Janke de Jong
1860-1947

Janke Merkus
1904-1992

1927

Pieter Zijlstra
1907-1939


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1904, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/179606/merkus
  3. Huwelijksregister 1927, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday December 8, 1904

  • The temperature on December 8, 1904 was between -0.2 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
    • February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
    • May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
    • June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
    • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
    • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

Day of marriage May 7, 1927

  • The temperature on May 7, 1927 was between 9.8 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
    • March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
    • April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
    • August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
    • September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
    • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.

Day of death November 30, 1992

  • The temperature on November 30, 1992 was between 10.4 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
    • March 6 » The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
    • March 12 » Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
    • April 2 » Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    • September 17 » An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
    • November 11 » The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
    • December 31 » Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.


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