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Personal data Dirkje Jans Merkus 


Household of Dirkje Jans Merkus

She is married to Biense Sikkes Visser.

They got married on May 25, 1882 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 26 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Grietje Visser  1883-1962 
  2. Jan Visser  1888-1963

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirkje Jans Merkus

Harmen Jelles Merkus
1771-1848
Lijsbeth Jans
1773-1826
Jacob Ymkes Meyer
± 1788-1826
Antje Meinderts Dantuma
± 1793-1857

Dirkje Jans Merkus
1856-1926

1882

Biense Sikkes Visser
1856-1929

Grietje Visser
1883-1962
Jan Visser
1888-1963

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1856, Dantumadeel, blad 043
  2. Overlijdensakte Dantumadeel, 1 november 1926, akte nr. 137
  3. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/541199/merkus
  4. Huwelijksregister 1882, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday May 2, 1856

  • The temperature on May 2, 1856 was about 5.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 29 » Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
    • February 11 » The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is deposed.
    • February 22 » The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.
    • May 1 » The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of Queen Isabela II.
    • August 10 » The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths.
    • November 27 » The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution.

Day of marriage May 25, 1882

  • The temperature on May 25, 1882 was about 11.3 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
    • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
    • 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 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
    • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
    • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
    • December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

Day of death October 31, 1926

  • The temperature on October 31, 1926 was between 0.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
    • April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
    • May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
    • June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
    • August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
    • December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.


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