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Personal data Jan Merkus 


Household of Jan Merkus

He is married to Akke Lijzenga.

They got married on May 20, 1905 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Harmen Merkus  1906-1977
  2. Gerrit Merkus  1912-1993

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Merkus

Jan Harmens Merkus
1810-1882
Grietje Jacobs Meyer
1813-1865
Anne Luitjens de Boer
1804-1869
Martsen Sytzes de Boer
1810-1886

Jan Merkus
1875-1953

1905

Akke Lijzenga
1875-1942

Harmen Merkus
1906-1977
Gerrit Merkus
1912-1993

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1875, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1953, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/446522/merkus
  4. Huwelijksregister 1905, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday August 30, 1875

  • The temperature on August 30, 1875 was about 20.7 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1875: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
    • May 17 » Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
    • May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
    • August 25 » Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
    • October 22 » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
    • December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

Day of marriage May 20, 1905

  • The temperature on May 20, 1905 was between 8.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 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.
    • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
    • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
    • October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
    • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.

Day of death February 6, 1953

  • The average temperature on February 6, 1953 was -2.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
    • January 14 » Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
    • June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
    • August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
    • September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
    • December 24 » Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.


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