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Personal data Geert Meems 


Household of Geert Meems

He is married to Hanna ter Horst.

They got married on October 19, 1889 at Vlagtwedde, Groningen, he was 27 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Andries Meems  1891-1977 
  2. Jan Meems  ± 1895-???? 
  3. Hilvert Meems  1896-1943 
  4. Albertus Meems  1900-1991 
  5. Roelf Meems  1904-1990 


Notes about Geert Meems

Beroep: 1889-1926 landbouwer.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geert Meems

Geert Hilwerts Meems
1786-1821
Grietien Roelfs Bruggers
1792-1877

Geert Meems
1861-1945

1889

Hanna ter Horst
1864-1938

Andries Meems
1891-1977
Jan Meems
± 1895-????
Hilvert Meems
1896-1943
Albertus Meems
1900-1991
Roelf Meems
1904-1990

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Historical events

Birthday December 29, 1861

  • The temperature on December 29, 1861 was about -3.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 3 » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
    • February 10 » Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
    • March 30 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
    • May 13 » The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
    • June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
    • October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day

Day of marriage October 19, 1889

  • The temperature on October 19, 1889 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
    • 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."
    • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
    • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
    • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Day of death March 28, 1945

  • The temperature on March 28, 1945 was between 1.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • February 23 » World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies."
    • March 21 » World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.
    • April 16 » The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
    • May 8 » End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
    • June 7 » King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.
    • September 2 » Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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