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Household of Willem Merkus

He is married to Wietske van der Meulen.

They got married on June 29, 1940 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Merkus

Harmen Jans Merkus
1849-1912
Doetje Annes de Boer
1844-1932
Willem Boersma
1865-1945
Johanna Hoekstra
1868-1946
Anne Merkus
1884-1964
Antje Boersma
1891-1985

Willem Merkus
1916-1998

1940

Wietske van der Meulen
1921-2001


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Historical events

Birthday March 7, 1916

  • The temperature on March 7, 1916 was between -0.7 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
    • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
    • May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
    • June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
    • August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
    • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
    • December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

Day of marriage June 29, 1940

  • The temperature on June 29, 1940 was between 9.3 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • January 19 » You Nazty Spy!, the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.
    • May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
    • May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
    • June 15 » World War II: Operation Ariel begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
    • June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
    • December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.

Day of death February 13, 1998

  • The temperature on February 13, 1998 was between 7.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
    • January 25 » During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
    • March 31 » Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.
    • April 6 » Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
    • May 23 » The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
    • June 4 » Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
    • November 9 » A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing.


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