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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.
    • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
    • July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
    • August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
    • September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
    • October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
    • December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

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.
    • February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
    • March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
    • May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
    • July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
    • August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
    • September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.

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.
    • January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
    • April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
    • April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
    • July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
    • August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
    • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1917 » Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader († 1993)
  • 1918 » Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist († 2011)
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Source: Wikipedia


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