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Personal data Sjoukje Merkus 

  • She was born on August 24, 1891 in Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
  • Profession: dienstmeid.
  • She died on April 27, 1977 in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 85 years old.Source 2
  • She is buried in Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland.
  • A child of Jan Merkus and Wietske van der Land
  • This information was last updated on June 17, 2019.

Household of Sjoukje Merkus

She is married to Eerde Nauta.

They got married on May 23, 1914 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Abe Nauta  1915-2006
  2. Ynskje Nauta  1921-2001

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sjoukje Merkus

Jacob Jans Merkus
1835-1896
Sjoukje Wybes van der Schaaf
1835-1865
Jentje Sierks van der Land
1822-1873
Eelkje Ebes Kloosterman
1838-1923
Jan Merkus
1861-1949

Sjoukje Merkus
1891-1977

1914

Eerde Nauta
1890-1980

Abe Nauta
1915-2006
Ynskje Nauta
1921-2001

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1891, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/446819/merkus
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Historical events

Birthday August 24, 1891

  • The temperature on August 24, 1891 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
    • February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
    • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
    • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Day of marriage May 23, 1914

  • The temperature on May 23, 1914 was between 11.1 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
    • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
    • November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
    • November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
    • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Day of death April 27, 1977

  • The temperature on April 27, 1977 was between 2.8 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
    • January 19 » President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
    • May 28 » In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
    • August 10 » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
    • September 4 » The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
    • September 20 » Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
    • October 14 » Anita Bryant gets a pie thrown in her face at a news conference in Des Moines by gay rights activist Tom Higgins for her anti-LGBT commentary.


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