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Personal data Jan Merkus 


Household of Jan Merkus

He is married to Wietske van der Land.

They got married on May 14, 1887 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Jakob Merkus  1888-1973
  2. Eelkje Merkus  1890-1985 
  3. Sjoukje Merkus  1891-1977 
  4. Akke Merkus  1893-1974 
  5. Jentje Merkus  1896-1987 
  6. Jitske Merkus  1900-1900
  7. Ritske Merkus  1901-1977
  8. Ebbe Merkus  1909-1997 

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1861, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. Overlijdensregister 1949, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl
  4. Huwelijksregister 1887, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday November 20, 1861

  • The temperature on November 20, 1861 was about 2.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 19 » American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
    • February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
    • February 11 » American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
    • May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
    • July 25 » American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
    • December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

Day of marriage May 14, 1887

  • The temperature on May 14, 1887 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 70 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • July 26 » Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
    • October 1 » Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
    • November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.

Day of death December 25, 1949

  • The temperature on December 25, 1949 was between -0.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
    • February 19 » Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
    • April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
    • May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
    • September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
    • October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.


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