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Personal data Bouwe Merkus 


Household of Bouwe Merkus

He is married to Freerkje Weening.

They got married on May 16, 1914 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Tietje Merkus  1915-1996
  2. Hielke Merkus  1916-1982
  3. Nieske Merkus  1926-2012

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1888, Achtkarspelen
  2. http://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/304603/merkus
  3. Huwelijksregister 1914, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday July 9, 1888

  • The temperature on July 9, 1888 was about 19.2 °C. The air pressure was 32 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
    • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
    • July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
    • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
    • September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
    • October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

Day of marriage May 16, 1914

  • The temperature on May 16, 1914 was between 4.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
    • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
    • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
    • December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Day of death October 18, 1970

  • The temperature on October 18, 1970 was between 1.2 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
    • January 22 » The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
    • March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
    • August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
    • August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
    • September 6 » Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
    • September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.


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