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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.
    • April 22 » The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
    • May 7 » American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
    • September 18 » American Civil War: John Bell Hood begins the Franklin–Nashville Campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to draw William Tecumseh Sherman back out of Georgia.
    • October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
    • November 30 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin.
    • December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.

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.
    • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
    • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
    • May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
    • July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
    • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
    • December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

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 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
    • February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
    • March 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
    • May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
    • June 23 » The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force.
    • September 1 » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1965 » Francis Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
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