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Personal data Willem Meijer 


Household of Willem Meijer

He is married to Jantje Hoekstra.

They got married on May 17, 1897 at Leens (Gr), he was 27 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Meijer

Willem Geerts Meijer
1799-1876
Annegien Pieters Hofman
1799-1864
Jacob Jannes de Wilde
1789-1854
Jaike Jeltes Bulthuis
1787-1854

Willem Meijer
1870-1968

1897

Jantje Hoekstra
1869-1959


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Leens 1870
  2. Overlijdensregister Groningen 1968
  3. Huwelijksregister Leens 1897

Historical events

Birthday April 25, 1870

  • The temperature on April 25, 1870 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
    • May 12 » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
    • July 19 » Franco-Prussian War: France declares war on Prussia.
    • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
    • September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.
    • December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

Day of marriage May 17, 1897

  • The temperature on May 17, 1897 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
    • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
    • May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
    • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
    • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

Day of death March 20, 1968

  • The temperature on March 20, 1968 was between 4.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
    • July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
    • October 16 » Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
    • November 23 » 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game: Harvard Crimson rallies to tie Yale Bulldogs 29–29 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.
    • December 23 » The 82 sailors from the USSPueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
    • December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.


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