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Personal data Eelkje Merkus 


Household of Eelkje Merkus

She is married to Roelof Weide.

They got married on May 31, 1941 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 24 years old.Source 2

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Eelkje Merkus

Ymke Jans Merkus
1845-1932
Eelkje Rinzes Huizenga
1848-1921
Jacob Sytzes Kempenaar
1850-1889
Debora Bartels Westra
1843-1912
Jan Merkus
1880-1965

Eelkje Merkus
1916-????

1941

Roelof Weide
1911-????


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Historical events

Birthday September 13, 1916

  • The temperature on September 13, 1916 was between 8.6 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
    • February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
    • April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
    • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
    • September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
    • November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.

Day of marriage May 31, 1941

  • The temperature on May 31, 1941 was between 8.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
    • January 29 » Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
    • July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
    • October 17 » World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first US Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
    • October 30 » President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
    • November 26 » World War II: Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs the Kuril Islands to strike Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1914 » Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist († 1994)
  • 1916 » Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter († 1990)
  • 1917 » Carol Kendall, American historian and author († 2012)
  • 1917 » Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator († 2013)
  • 1918 » Dick Haymes, Argentinian actor and singer († 1980)
  • 1918 » Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 2015)

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