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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.
    • January 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
    • February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
    • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
    • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
    • July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
    • October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.

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.
    • April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
    • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
    • September 8 » The 7.2 Mw  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
    • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

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 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
    • January 22 » World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona.
    • February 7 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
    • May 13 » World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
    • September 16 » World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
    • November 25 » World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


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