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Personal data Jitze Merkus 


Household of Jitze Merkus

(1) He is married to Jifke Pieters Storm.

They got married on May 16, 1896 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 25 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Grietje Merkus  1897-1972


(2) He is married to Antje Batema.

They got married on September 16, 1905 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 34 years old.Source 5

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jitze Merkus

Hylke Jelles Merkus
1781-1859
Aaltje Popes Zijlstra
1781-1853
Jan Wopkes Hoekstra
1815-1864
Antje Lammerts Landman
1809-1859

Jitze Merkus
1871-1943

(1) 1896

Jifke Pieters Storm
1867-1900

Grietje Merkus
1897-1972
(2) 1905

Antje Batema
1871-1954


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1871, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1943, Achtkarspelen
  3. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/253818/merkus
  4. Huwelijksregister 1896, Achtkarspelen
  5. Huwelijksregister 1905, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday February 15, 1871

  • The temperature on February 15, 1871 was about 5.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
    • April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
    • July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
    • July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
    • August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
    • October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".

Day of marriage September 16, 1905

  • The temperature on September 16, 1905 was between 1.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
    • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
    • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
    • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.

Day of death August 2, 1943

  • The temperature on August 2, 1943 was between 13.1 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
    • January 29 » World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USSChicago(CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
    • February 18 » World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
    • April 7 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
    • July 25 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the Grand Council of Fascism and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
    • September 23 » World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.
    • October 17 » The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.


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