Family tree Weening » Harmen Martens Merkus (1847-1919)

Personal data Harmen Martens Merkus 


Household of Harmen Martens Merkus

He is married to Anje Hemkes van der Wal.

They got married on May 11, 1878 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Hemke Merkus  1879-1929
  2. Marten Merkus  1881-1954

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Harmen Martens Merkus

Harmen Jelles Merkus
1771-1848
Lijsbeth Jans
1773-1826
Harke Jans Zuidema
1773-1826
Jitske Ennes Broersma
1781-1857

Harmen Martens Merkus
1847-1919

1878

Anje Hemkes van der Wal
1856-1932

Hemke Merkus
1879-1929
Marten Merkus
1881-1954

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1847, Kollumerland c.a.
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  3. Huwelijksregister 1878, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday May 15, 1847

  • The temperature on May 15, 1847 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    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 1847: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 30 » Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.
    • February 23 » Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
    • July 26 » Liberia declares its independence.
    • October 9 » Slavery in the British and French Caribbean: Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy.
    • October 16 » The novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
    • December 5 » Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.

Day of marriage May 11, 1878

  • The temperature on May 11, 1878 was about 14.3 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
    • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
    • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

Day of death October 25, 1919

  • The temperature on October 25, 1919 was between -1.0 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
    • June 23 » Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
    • July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
    • October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
    • October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
    • November 11 » The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.


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