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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.
    • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
    • February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
    • March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
    • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
    • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
    • November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

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.
    • February 27 » Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
    • June 3 » Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
    • June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
    • June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
    • October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
    • November 13 » Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.

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.
    • February 1 » Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
    • May 6 » Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.
    • May 28 » Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
    • July 4 » Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
    • July 10 » Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
    • August 7 » Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.


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