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Personal data Lodewijk Meter 


Household of Lodewijk Meter

He is married to Aaltje Bijma.

They got married on June 1, 1912 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 24 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  2. Bareld Meter  1915-
  3. Jan Meter  1916-1983

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Lodewijk Meter

Tjitske Eilderts Meter
1815-1884
Wobbe Jans Nijboer
1826-1911
Albertje Douwes Frieswijk
1828-1907
Ate Meter
1854-1928

Lodewijk Meter
1888-1973

1912

Aaltje Bijma
1893-1982

Ate Lodewijk Meter
1913-????
Bareld Meter
1915-????
Jan Meter
1916-1983

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister Grootegast 1888
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/27918/meter
  3. Huwelijksregister 1912, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday April 30, 1888

  • The temperature on April 30, 1888 was about 17.7 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
    • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
    • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
    • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
    • October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
    • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

Day of marriage June 1, 1912

  • The temperature on June 1, 1912 was between 9.3 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
    • July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
    • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
    • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
    • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
    • December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.

Day of death October 24, 1973

  • The temperature on October 24, 1973 was between 1.1 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
    • October 17 » OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
    • November 7 » The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
    • November 14 » The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins.
    • December 3 » Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
    • December 24 » District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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