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Personal data Gerritje van der Wal 


Household of Gerritje van der Wal

She is married to Jelle Merkus.

They got married on May 26, 1894 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Ynskje Merkus  1895-1918
  2. Hielke Merkus  1896-1979 
  3. Jelle Merkus  1897-1981
  4. Iemkje Merkus  1900-1978
  5. Atze Merkus  1901-
  6. Jan Merkus  1904-
  7. Roel Merkus  1906-
  8. Sytske Merkus  1916-1997

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerritje van der Wal

Jan Alles van der Wal
1798-1875
Sytske Freerks Brouwer
1802-1873
Pieter Elles Ellens
1802-1883
Tjimkjen Andries Henstra
1807-1884

Gerritje van der Wal
1868-1950

1894

Jelle Merkus
1864-1961

Ynskje Merkus
1895-1918
Hielke Merkus
1896-1979
Jelle Merkus
1897-1981
Iemkje Merkus
1900-1978
Atze Merkus
1901-????
Jan Merkus
1904-????
Roel Merkus
1906-????
Sytske Merkus
1916-1997

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1868, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1950, Achtkarspelen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1894, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday September 14, 1868

  • The temperature on September 14, 1868 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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).
  • 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 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 24 » Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
    • August 13 » The 8.5–9.0 Mw  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
    • September 23 » Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
    • September 25 » The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
    • December 9 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
    • December 10 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

Day of marriage May 26, 1894

  • The temperature on May 26, 1894 was about 11.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
    • April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
    • May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
    • September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
    • November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
    • November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.

Day of death March 23, 1950

  • The temperature on March 23, 1950 was between 5.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • January 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
    • January 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
    • January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
    • February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
    • March 1 » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
    • December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.


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