Family tree Weening » Gertje van der Merk (1871-1935)

Personal data Gertje van der Merk 


Household of Gertje van der Merk

She is married to Douwe Faber.

They got married on May 30, 1903 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), she was 31 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth Faber  1906-1998
  2. Klaas Faber  1912-1980

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1871, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1935, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/238421/merk_van_der
  4. Huwelijksregister 1903, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday October 28, 1871

  • The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
    • May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
    • May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
    • June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
    • September 20 » Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, first bishop of Melanesia, is martyred on Nukapu, now in the Solomon Islands.
    • September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.

Day of marriage May 30, 1903

  • The temperature on May 30, 1903 was between 13.5 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 15.0 hours of sunshine (92%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
    • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
    • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
    • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
    • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
    • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

Day of death January 25, 1935

  • The temperature on January 25, 1935 was between 2.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
    • June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
    • June 11 » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
    • September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
    • October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
    • December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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About the surname Van der Merk


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