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Personal data Eelkje Merkus 


Household of Eelkje Merkus

She is married to Oebele Douma.

They got married on June 16, 1917 at Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 23 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Eelkje Merkus

Ymke Jans Merkus
1845-1932
Eelkje Rinzes Huizenga
1848-1921
Dirkje Merkus
1871-1949

Eelkje Merkus
1893-1970

1917

Oebele Douma
1889-1971


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1893, Dantumadeel
  2. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/371502/merkus
  3. Huwelijksregister 1917, Westdongeradeel

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Historical events

Birthday September 23, 1893

  • The temperature on September 23, 1893 was about 10.3 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
    • March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
    • August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
    • 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.
    • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.

Day of marriage June 16, 1917

  • The temperature on June 16, 1917 was between 15.7 °C and 31.2 °C and averaged 23.0 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
    • October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
    • November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
    • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
    • December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
    • December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

Day of death January 1, 1970

  • The temperature on January 1, 1970 was between -12.0 °C and -4.8 °C and averaged -9.5 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
    • April 13 » An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
    • May 31 » The 7.9 Mw  Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
    • September 9 » A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
    • October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
    • October 10 » Fiji becomes independent.
    • December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.


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