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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
  2. Overlijdensregister 1958, Achtkarspelen
  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.
    • May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
    • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
    • 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.
    • August 20 » Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
    • September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
    • September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.

Day of marriage May 15, 1912

  • The temperature on May 15, 1912 was between 9.7 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.3 °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.
    • January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
    • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
    • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
    • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
    • October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
    • October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.

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 4 » Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
    • February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
    • March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
    • April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
    • July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
    • September 15 » A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.


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