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Personal data Sake Merkus 


Household of Sake Merkus

(1) He is married to Fokje Overzet.

They got married on May 19, 1894 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 31 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Poppe Hylke Merkus  1896-1954 
  2. Antje Merkus  1898-1967 
  3. Feye Merkus  1900-1951


(2) He is married to Lutske Kootstra.

They got married on May 13, 1905 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 42 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Sake Merkus

Hylke Jelles Merkus
1781-1859
Aaltje Popes Zijlstra
1781-1853
Sytze Alberts van der Werf
± 1797-1865
Antje Gerrits Visser
± 1799-1858

Sake Merkus
1862-1941

(1) 1894

Fokje Overzet
1865-1900

Poppe Hylke Merkus
1896-1954
Antje Merkus
1898-1967
Feye Merkus
1900-1951
(2) 1905

Lutske Kootstra
1877-1933


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1862, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1941, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1894, Kollumerland c.a.
  4. Huwelijksregister 1905, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday July 20, 1862

  • The temperature on July 20, 1862 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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 March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
    • May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
    • June 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.
    • July 23 » American Civil War: Henry Halleck takes command of the Union Army.
    • September 15 » American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia).
    • October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.

Day of marriage May 13, 1905

  • The temperature on May 13, 1905 was between 5.0 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
    • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
    • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
    • September 8 » The 7.2 Mw  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
    • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
    • December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

Day of death September 13, 1941

  • The temperature on September 13, 1941 was between 9.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • March 7 » Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace.
    • June 27 » World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.
    • September 17 » World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.
    • September 28 » Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
    • December 5 » World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
    • December 8 » World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)


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