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Personal data Fokje Overzet 


Household of Fokje Overzet

She is married to Sake Merkus.

They got married on May 19, 1894 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 28 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Poppe Hylke Merkus  1896-1954 
  2. Antje Merkus  1898-1967 
  3. Feye Merkus  1900-1951

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Fokje Overzet

Fokke Geerts Overzet
± 1789-1828
Antje Gjalts Dijkstra
1787-1874
Akke Jans Hayema
1820-1894
Antje Hayema
1840-1882

Fokje Overzet
1865-1900

1894

Sake Merkus
1862-1941

Poppe Hylke Merkus
1896-1954
Antje Merkus
1898-1967
Feye Merkus
1900-1951

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1865, Smallingerland
  2. Overlijdensregister 1900, Kollumerland c.a.
  3. Huwelijksregister 1894, Kollumerland c.a.

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Historical events

Birthday September 8, 1865

  • The temperature on September 8, 1865 was about 27.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 17 » American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
    • March 4 » The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
    • April 9 » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
    • April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
    • May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
    • May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.

Day of marriage May 19, 1894

  • The temperature on May 19, 1894 was about 9.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
    • February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
    • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
    • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
    • May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
    • August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.

Day of death December 21, 1900

  • The temperature on December 21, 1900 was about 9.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
    • February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
    • April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
    • April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
    • June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
    • July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.


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