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Personal data Willem Pieters Meyer 


Household of Willem Pieters Meyer

(1) He is married to Bowina Hepkes Gjaltema.

They got married on April 19, 1884 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Janke Meyer  1885-1960
  2. Pieter Meyer  1887-1899
  3. Ybeltje Meyer  1888-1893


(2) He is married to Froukje Houtsma.

They got married on September 27, 1890 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 30 years old.Source 5


Child(ren):

  1. Geeske Meyer  1890-1973
  2. Aaltje Meyer  1891-1980 
  3. Ibeltje Meyer  1893-1969 
  4. Sytze Meyer  1894-1957
  5. Gosse Meyer  1896-1969
  6. Eelkje Meyer  1898-1955
  7. Fentje Meyer  1900-1951 
  8. Pietje Meyer  1903-1996
  9. Hesseltje Meyer  1905-1988
  10. Pieter Meyer  1906-1957

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Pieters Meyer

Gosse Wytzes Tilstra
1797-1847
Willemke Lieuwes Zuidhof
1804-1886

Willem Pieters Meyer
1859-1945

(1) 1884

Bowina Hepkes Gjaltema
1858-1888

Janke Meyer
1885-1960
Pieter Meyer
1887-1899
Ybeltje Meyer
1888-1893
(2) 1890

Froukje Houtsma
1861-1935

Geeske Meyer
1890-1973
Aaltje Meyer
1891-1980
Ibeltje Meyer
1893-1969
Sytze Meyer
1894-1957
Gosse Meyer
1896-1969
Eelkje Meyer
1898-1955
Fentje Meyer
1900-1951
Pietje Meyer
1903-1996
Hesseltje Meyer
1905-1988
Pieter Meyer
1906-1957

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1859, Ferwerderadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1945, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/278978/meijer
  4. Huwelijksregister 1884, Achtkarspelen
  5. Huwelijksregister Grootegast 1890

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Historical events

Birthday October 18, 1859

  • The temperature on October 18, 1859 was about 16.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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).
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 5 » Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia, is also elected as prince of Wallachia, joining the two principalities as a personal union called the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
    • April 25 » British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
    • May 4 » The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England.
    • June 28 » The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
    • August 27 » Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
    • October 26 » The Royal Charter Storm kills at least eight hundred people in the British Isles.

Day of marriage September 27, 1890

  • The temperature on September 27, 1890 was about 16.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
    • April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
    • July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
    • July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
    • August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
    • December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.

Day of death December 13, 1945

  • The temperature on December 13, 1945 was between 1.5 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • March 16 » Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in around 5,000 deaths.
    • March 22 » The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
    • April 5 » Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".
    • April 6 » World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
    • May 1 » World War II: Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are also killed by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths by their mother, Magda.
    • August 9 » The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.


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