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Personal data Heerke Meyer 


Household of Heerke Meyer

He is married to Dieuwke Schotanus.

They got married on October 9, 1907 at Baarderadeel (Fr), he was 26 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Heerke Meyer

Heerke Tjerks Witteveen
1801-1890
Geertje Jans Oldenburger
1808-1899

Heerke Meyer
1881-1940

1907

Dieuwke Schotanus
1883-1957


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1881, Baarderadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1940, Harlingen
  3. Huwelijksregister 1907, Baarderadeel

Historical events

Birthday February 8, 1881

  • The temperature on February 8, 1881 was about 4.3 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
    • April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
    • April 14 » The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
    • May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
    • July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
    • November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.

Day of marriage October 9, 1907

  • The temperature on October 9, 1907 was between 8.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
    • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
    • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
    • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
    • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
    • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

Day of death October 27, 1940

  • The temperature on October 27, 1940 was between -3.4 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Winter War: Battle of Raate Road - The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
    • May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
    • May 17 » World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
    • June 23 » Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
    • September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
    • September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1878 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1965)
  • 1880 » Franz Marc, German soldier and painter († 1916)
  • 1880 » Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director († 1931)
  • 1882 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot († 1908)
  • 1883 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist († 1950)
  • 1884 » Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor († 1953)

Source: Wikipedia


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