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Personal data Jan Meersma 


Household of Jan Meersma

He is married to Frouke Weesies.

They got married on December 20, 1934 at Groningen (Gr), he was 22 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Meersma

Jan Hendriks Meersma
1852-1939
Antje Piers Bosma
1859-1910
Dirk Tjeerds Sjaarda
1843-1904
Ankje Hendriks Westerhof
1851-1929
Aafke Sjaarda
1890-1969

Jan Meersma
1912-1986

1934

Frouke Weesies
1914-1977


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1912, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/66546721/jan-meersma
  3. Huwelijksregister Groningen 1934

Historical events

Birthday July 6, 1912

  • The temperature on July 6, 1912 was between 11.0 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
    • February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
    • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
    • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
    • August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
    • December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

Day of marriage December 20, 1934

  • The temperature on December 20, 1934 was between 7.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
    • May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
    • July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
    • July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
    • August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
    • December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

Day of death April 23, 1986

  • The temperature on April 23, 1986 was between 4.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
    • February 16 » China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
    • March 15 » Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.
    • April 28 » High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
    • July 9 » The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
    • October 27 » The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
    • November 6 » Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2⁄2 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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