Family tree Weening » Hendrik Meersma (1888-1973)

Personal data Hendrik Meersma 


Household of Hendrik Meersma

He is married to Aafke Sjaarda.

They got married on May 20, 1911 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Meersma  1912-1986
  2. Dirk Meersma  1913-1974

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hendrik Meersma

Hendrik Bonnes Meersma
1812-1892
Martje Harkes Miedema
1812-1881
Pier Annes Bosma
1824-1876
Sijke Eelkes Veldinga
1829-1903

Hendrik Meersma
1888-1973

1911

Aafke Sjaarda
1890-1969

Jan Meersma
1912-1986
Dirk Meersma
1913-1974

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1888, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/82994/meersma
  3. Huwelijksregister 1911, Kollumerland c.a.

Historical events

Birthday April 9, 1888

  • The temperature on April 9, 1888 was about 2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
    • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
    • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
    • September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
    • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

Day of marriage May 20, 1911

  • The temperature on May 20, 1911 was between 8.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
    • January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
    • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
    • April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
    • August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
    • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

Day of death January 21, 1973

  • The temperature on January 21, 1973 was between 0.6 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
    • March 17 » The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
    • April 3 » Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
    • May 8 » A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
    • July 10 » The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
    • October 19 » President Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
    • November 16 » U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.


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