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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.
    • February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
    • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
    • May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
    • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
    • August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
    • December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

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.
    • January 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
    • June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
    • July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
    • August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
    • October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.

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.
    • July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
    • July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
    • August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
    • October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
    • 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.
    • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.


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)
  • 1918 » Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author († 2006)
  • 1919 » Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot († 2013)

Source: Wikipedia


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