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Personal data Willem Meelker 


Household of Willem Meelker

He is married to Jetske Casemier.

They got married on April 10, 1867 at Leek (Gr), he was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Roelof Meelker  1868-1868
  2. Roelof Meelker  1869-1940
  3. Lukas Meelker  1870-1954
  4. Jantje Meelker  1873-1945
  5. Jan Meelker  1875-1948
  6. Abel Meelker  1878-1947
  7. Janke Meelker  1880-1963 
  8. Geeske Meelker  1883-1964
  9. Henderik Meelker  1885-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Meelker

Willem Meelker
1842-1923

1867

Jetske Casemier
1846-1932

Roelof Meelker
1868-1868
Roelof Meelker
1869-1940
Lukas Meelker
1870-1954
Jantje Meelker
1873-1945
Jan Meelker
1875-1948
Abel Meelker
1878-1947
Janke Meelker
1880-1963
Geeske Meelker
1883-1964
Henderik Meelker
1885-????

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Norg, 1842
  2. Overlijdensregister Leek 1923
  3. Huwelijksregister Leek 1867

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Historical events

Birthday July 26, 1842

  • The temperature on July 26, 1842 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1842: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • February 7 » Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
    • March 9 » Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
    • March 9 » The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
    • March 17 » The Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed.
    • March 30 » Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
    • December 7 » First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.

Day of marriage April 10, 1867

  • The temperature on April 10, 1867 was about 8.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
    • June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
    • July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
    • July 17 » Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
    • August 28 » The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
    • December 4 » Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).

Day of death December 31, 1923

  • The temperature on December 31, 1923 was between -16.9 °C and -4.0 °C and averaged -9.7 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
    • January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
    • July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
    • September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
    • October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
    • November 9 » In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.


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