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Personal data Geert Mertens 


Household of Geert Mertens

He is married to Diena Blaauwijkel.

They got married on November 21, 1891 at Marum (Gr), he was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Frouktje Mertens  1892-1968 
  2. Lamke Mertens  1896-1976 
  3. Iko Mertens  1908-1999

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Mertens

Hendrik Tijmens Zwart
1800-1859
Annegien Geerts van der Wal
1805-1869
Lamke Zwart
1834-1907

Geert Mertens
1870-1945

1891

Diena Blaauwijkel
1869-1942

Frouktje Mertens
1892-1968
Lamke Mertens
1896-1976
Iko Mertens
1908-1999

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Marum 1870
  2. Overlijdensregister Roden, 1945
  3. Huwelijksregister Marum 1891

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Historical events

Birthday March 26, 1870

  • The temperature on March 26, 1870 was about 4.8 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
    • March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
    • July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
    • September 1 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
    • October 2 » A plebiscite held in Rome, supports annexation of city of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy.
    • October 27 » Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers.

Day of marriage November 21, 1891

  • The temperature on November 21, 1891 was about 9.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
    • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
    • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
    • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

Day of death February 24, 1945

  • The average temperature on February 24, 1945 was 3.7 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • January 12 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive.
    • March 15 » World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.
    • March 19 » World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USSFranklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the US under her own power.
    • April 22 » World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolt. Five hundred twenty are killed and around eighty escape.
    • August 9 » World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
    • October 18 » The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.


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