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Personal data Harmen Merkus 


Household of Harmen Merkus

He is married to Aukje Wiersma.

They got married on May 15, 1912 at Grijpskerk (Gr), he was 30 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Antje Merkus  1913-1918
  2. Tjeerd Merkus  1914-1914

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Harmen Merkus

Harmen Hylkes Merkus
1825-1888
Trientje Roels Hoekstra
1826-1893
Wybe Lieuwes de Haan
1805-1852
Ybeltje Alberts Postma
1808-1885

Harmen Merkus
1882-1958

1912

Aukje Wiersma
1881-1973

Antje Merkus
1913-1918
Tjeerd Merkus
1914-1914

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1882, Achtkarspelen, aktenummer 39
  2. Overlijdensregister 1958, Achtkarspelen, aktenummer 59
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/253554/merkus
  4. Huwelijksregister Grijpskerk 1912

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Historical events

Birthday February 17, 1882

  • The temperature on February 17, 1882 was about 9.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
    • June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
    • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
    • July 11 » The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War.
    • July 26 » Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
    • July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.

Day of marriage May 15, 1912

  • The temperature on May 15, 1912 was between 9.9 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
    • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
    • May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
    • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
    • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
    • November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death August 21, 1958

  • The temperature on August 21, 1958 was between 12.2 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » European Economic Community is established.
    • January 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
    • February 21 » The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
    • February 22 » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
    • May 9 » Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo has world premiere in San Francisco.
    • December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.


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