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Personal data Ymke Merkus 


Household of Ymke Merkus

He is married to Grietje Steringa.

They got married on June 16, 1928 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 4

De woonplaats van de vader van de bruidegom is onbekend, de bruidegom heeft onder ede verklaard dat hij niet in staat is om toestemming te vragen van zijn vader.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ymke Merkus

Ymke Jans Merkus
1845-1932
Eelkje Rinzes Huizenga
1848-1921
Johannes van der Schaaf
1857-1953
Janke de Jong
1860-1947

Ymke Merkus
1905-1956

1928

Grietje Steringa
1907-1979


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1905, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1956, Leeuwarden
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/2261129/merkus
  4. Huwelijksregister 1928, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday November 11, 1905

  • The temperature on November 11, 1905 was between 1.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
    • June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
    • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
    • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
    • September 8 » The 7.2 Mw  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
    • October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)

Day of marriage June 16, 1928

  • The temperature on June 16, 1928 was between 6.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
    • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
    • September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
    • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
    • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
    • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.

Day of death May 24, 1956

  • The temperature on May 24, 1956 was between 6.6 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
    • February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
    • April 3 » Hudsonville–Standale tornado: The western half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is struck by a deadly F5 tornado.
    • June 28 » in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.
    • July 9 » The 7.7 Mw  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
    • July 26 » Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.


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