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Personal data Jentje Merkus 


Household of Jentje Merkus

He is married to Antje Zuidema.

They got married on June 17, 1922 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Merkus  1923-1992

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jentje 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

Jentje Merkus
1896-1987

1922

Antje Zuidema
1896-1972

Jan Merkus
1923-1992

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1896, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/446553/merkus
  3. Huwelijksregister 1922, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday May 16, 1896

  • The temperature on May 16, 1896 was about 9.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
    • March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
    • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
    • June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
    • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
    • November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.

Day of marriage June 17, 1922

  • The temperature on June 17, 1922 was between 5.9 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64–57 vote.
    • February 9 » Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
    • April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
    • July 24 » The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
    • October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
    • December 9 » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.

Day of death June 2, 1987

  • The temperature on June 2, 1987 was between 11.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.
    • January 22 » Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
    • April 19 » The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.
    • June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
    • July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
    • October 19 » Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.


Same birth/death day

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