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Personal data Jelle Merkus 


Household of Jelle Merkus

He is married to Gerritje van der Wal.

They got married on May 26, 1894 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 29 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Ynskje Merkus  1895-1918
  2. Hielke Merkus  1896-1979 
  3. Jelle Merkus  1897-1981
  4. Iemkje Merkus  1900-1978
  5. Atze Merkus  1901-
  6. Jan Merkus  1904-
  7. Roel Merkus  1906-
  8. Sytske Merkus  1916-1997

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jelle Merkus

Atze Jelles Merkus
1776-1848
Jantje Jarings Katsma
1789-1839
Roel Meintes Hoekstra
1797-1871
Antje Jans Postma
1792-1888

Jelle Merkus
1864-1961

1894

Gerritje van der Wal
1868-1950

Ynskje Merkus
1895-1918
Hielke Merkus
1896-1979
Jelle Merkus
1897-1981
Iemkje Merkus
1900-1978
Atze Merkus
1901-????
Jan Merkus
1904-????
Roel Merkus
1906-????
Sytske Merkus
1916-1997

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1864, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1961, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1894, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday September 17, 1864

  • The temperature on September 17, 1864 was about 14.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
    • June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
    • July 28 » American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
    • August 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
    • September 1 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
    • December 15 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.

Day of marriage May 26, 1894

  • The temperature on May 26, 1894 was about 11.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
    • March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
    • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
    • August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
    • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
    • November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.

Day of death April 16, 1961

  • The temperature on April 16, 1961 was between 8.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 25 » 101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.
    • January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
    • April 12 » Cold War: Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.
    • May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
    • August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
    • December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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