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Personal data Willem Mertens 


Household of Willem Mertens

He is married to Nieske Visser.

They got married on September 7, 1922 at Hoogkerk, Groningen, he was 26 years old.Source 3

Zij verhuizen 30-4-1928 van Hoogkerk naar Eelde.

Child(ren):

  1. Jan Mertens  1923-1924
  2. (Not public)
  3. (Not public)
  4. Johannes Mertens  1940-2006 


Notes about Willem Mertens

Beroep: 1922 arbeider; 1928 petroleumventer.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Mertens

Jan Mertens
1857-1908

Willem Mertens
1896-1979

1922

Nieske Visser
1900-1990

Jan Mertens
1923-1924
(Not public)
(Not public)
Johannes Mertens
1940-2006

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Sources

  1. (Not public)
  2. - Hans Dunning -
  3. - www.AlleGroningers.nl - aktenummer 18

Historical events

Birthday February 17, 1896

  • The temperature on February 17, 1896 was about -0.3 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
    • March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
    • March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
    • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
    • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
    • July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Day of marriage September 7, 1922

  • The temperature on September 7, 1922 was between 7.4 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
    • February 27 » A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
    • May 19 » The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
    • August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
    • November 21 » Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
    • December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

Day of death March 9, 1979

  • The temperature on March 9, 1979 was between 1.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 13.6 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
    • September 1 » The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000mi).
    • October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
    • November 20 » Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.
    • December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
    • December 27 » The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1890 » Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist († 1962)
  • 1891 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic († 1965)
  • 1893 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist († 1965)
  • 1899 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author († 1954)
  • 1900 » Ruth Clifford, American actress († 1998)
  • 1903 » Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator († 1951)

Source: Wikipedia


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