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Personal data Jetske Johannes Merkus 


Household of Jetske Johannes Merkus

She is married to Durk Rogchus Westra.

They got married on May 11, 1867 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 30 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Rogchus Westra  1868-1946 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jetske Johannes Merkus

Harmen Jelles Merkus
1771-1848
Lijsbeth Jans
1773-1826
Eelke Eertzes Braaksma
± 1769-1847
Jitske Fokkes de Boer
1777-1828

Jetske Johannes Merkus
1836-1920

1867

Durk Rogchus Westra
1840-1919

Rogchus Westra
1868-1946

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1836, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1920, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1867, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday November 1, 1836

  • The temperature on November 1, 1836 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1836: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.
    • March 2 » Texas Revolution: The Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico is adopted.
    • March 27 » Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
    • April 20 » U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
    • May 15 » Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
    • June 16 » The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.

Day of marriage May 11, 1867

  • The temperature on May 11, 1867 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
    • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
    • July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
    • October 18 » United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
    • November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
    • December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).

Day of death October 8, 1920

  • The temperature on October 8, 1920 was between 9.0 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
    • February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
    • February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
    • May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
    • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
    • December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.


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