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Personal data Kornelis Merkus 


Household of Kornelis Merkus

He is married to Tjitske Wieringa.

They got married on June 22, 1916 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Kornelis Merkus

Jelle Hylkes Merkus
1809-1851
Johanna Jans van der Ploeg
1823-1888
Cornelis Ates van Ek
1803-1889
Folkje Feddes Braaksma
± 1810-1888

Kornelis Merkus
1893-1953

1916

Tjitske Wieringa
1890-1921


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1893, Dantumadeel
  2. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/1892888/merkus
  3. Huwelijksregister 1916, Oostdongeradeel

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Historical events

Birthday June 16, 1893

  • The temperature on June 16, 1893 was about 23.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
    • April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
    • June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
    • September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
    • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
    • November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

Day of marriage June 22, 1916

  • The temperature on June 22, 1916 was between 5.8 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
    • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
    • August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
    • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
    • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
    • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.

Day of death December 7, 1953

  • The temperature on December 7, 1953 was between 3.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
    • June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
    • September 7 » Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
    • September 21 » Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
    • September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
    • October 1 » Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.


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