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Personal data Jan Meems 


Household of Jan Meems

He is married to Aaltje Hoogenberg.

They got married on April 1, 1915 at Emmen, Drenthe, he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Jan Meems  1916-1978 
  2. Beitske Meems  1917-2004 
  3. Egbert Meems  1919-1973 
  4. Elsien Meems  1920-2003 
  5. Trientje Meems  1921-1922
  6. Roelof Meems  1923-1957 
  7. Popke Meems  1924-1986 
  8. Henderikus Meems  1926-2008 
  9. Lute Meems  1928-1989 
  10. Geertje Meems  1930-2013 


Notes about Jan Meems

Beroep: 1915-1922 arbeider.

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Sources

  1. - www.Drentsarchief.nl - aktenummer 176
  2. - www.Drentsarchief.nl - aktenummer 198
  3. - www.Drentsarchief.nl - aktenummer 55

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Historical events

Birthday April 26, 1889

  • The temperature on April 26, 1889 was about 6.6 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
    • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
    • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
    • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
    • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
    • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
    • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

Day of marriage April 1, 1915

  • The temperature on April 1, 1915 was between -4.0 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
    • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
    • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
    • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
    • July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
    • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.

Day of death May 20, 1952

  • The temperature on May 20, 1952 was between 5.6 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (93%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
    • February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
    • April 28 » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
    • May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
    • May 13 » The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
    • November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
    • December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1889 » Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1981)
  • 1889 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic († 1951)
  • 1894 » Rudolf Hess, Egyptian-German politician († 1987)
  • 1896 » Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director († 1967)

Source: Wikipedia


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