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Personal data Ruurd Meerstra 


Household of Ruurd Meerstra

He is married to Froukje Bosma.

They got married on May 25, 1889 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Wytse Meerstra  1892-1980

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1867, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1936, Dokkum
  3. Huwelijksregister 1889, Dantumadeel

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Historical events

Birthday May 22, 1867

  • The temperature on May 22, 1867 was about 9.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. 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).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 15 » Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
    • February 13 » Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
    • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
    • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
    • June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
    • July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.

Day of marriage May 25, 1889

  • The temperature on May 25, 1889 was about 17.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
    • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
    • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
    • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
    • August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
    • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

Day of death March 26, 1936

  • The temperature on March 26, 1936 was between 5.4 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
    • June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
    • June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
    • July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
    • August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
    • October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.


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