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Personal data Aaltje Merkus 


Household of Aaltje Merkus

She is married to Jan Hoekstra.

They got married on November 6, 1896 at Grootegast (Gr), she was 20 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  2. Grietje Hoekstra  1898-1902
  3. Lamke Hoekstra  1900-1900
  4. Lamke Hoekstra  1901-1902
  5. Lammert Hoekstra  1902-1903
  6. Grietje Hoekstra  1904-1963
  7. Lamke Hoekstra  1907-1995
  8. Popke Hoekstra  1908-1963
  9. Geese Hoekstra  1911-1982

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1876, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister Grootegast 1928
  3. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1896

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Historical events

Birthday September 12, 1876

  • The temperature on September 12, 1876 was about 11.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
    • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
    • October 4 » The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
    • November 23 » Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.

Day of marriage November 6, 1896

  • The temperature on November 6, 1896 was about -1.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
    • May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
    • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
    • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
    • December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
    • December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

Day of death July 19, 1928

  • The temperature on July 19, 1928 was between 8.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
    • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
    • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
    • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
    • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
    • December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.


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