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Personal data Gerrit Merkus 


Household of Gerrit Merkus

He is married to Eelkje de Boer.

They got married on June 1, 1937 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Merkus

Harmen Jans Merkus
1849-1912
Doetje Annes de Boer
1844-1932
Gerrit Foppes Lijzenga
1846-1884
Geertje Taedes Kootstra
1835-1884
Jan Merkus
1875-1953
Akke Lijzenga
1875-1942

Gerrit Merkus
1912-1993

1937

Eelkje de Boer
1912-2002


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1912, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl
  3. Huwelijksregister 1937, Oostdongeradeel

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Historical events

Birthday January 13, 1912

  • The temperature on January 13, 1912 was between 1.5 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
    • January 1 » The Republic of China is established.
    • January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
    • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
    • 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.
    • October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
    • December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)

Day of marriage June 1, 1937

  • The temperature on June 1, 1937 was between 6.3 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
    • March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
    • April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
    • April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
    • August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
    • November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
    • December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

Day of death June 25, 1993

  • The temperature on June 25, 1993 was between 8.9 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed.
    • April 23 » Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
    • May 10 » In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers.
    • August 1 » The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
    • August 21 » NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
    • December 2 » Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.


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