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Personal data Metje van der Meulen 


Household of Metje van der Meulen

She is married to Anne Leegstra.

They got married on September 9, 1937 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 20 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Metje van der Meulen

Jelle van der Meulen
1864-1909
Jitske van der Wal
1866-1941
Arjen Koonstra
1861-1937
Mettje Bosma
1867-1927

Metje van der Meulen
1916-1947

1937

Anne Leegstra
1915-1983


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Sources

  1. Bevolkingsregister Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1947, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/179625/meulen_van_der
  4. Huwelijksregister 1937, Tietjerksteradeel

Historical events

Birthday October 21, 1916

  • The temperature on October 21, 1916 was between -3.7 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
    • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
    • March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
    • May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
    • 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.
    • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.

Day of marriage September 9, 1937

  • The temperature on September 9, 1937 was between 6.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 20 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner are sworn in for their second terms as U.S. President and U.S. Vice President; it is the first time a Presidential Inauguration takes place on January 20 since the 20th Amendment changed the dates of presidential terms.
    • February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
    • April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
    • May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
    • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
    • October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.

Day of death July 25, 1947

  • The temperature on July 25, 1947 was between 13.9 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
    • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
    • August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
    • August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
    • September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
    • October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1918 » Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist († 2011)
  • 1918 » Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author († 2006)
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Source: Wikipedia


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