Family tree Van der Werff / Kooistra » Ruurd Geerts van der Meer (1851-1939)

Personal data Ruurd Geerts van der Meer 

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Household of Ruurd Geerts van der Meer

He is married to Willemke Alberts van der Lei.

They got married on February 9, 1876 at Tietjerksteradeel, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Geert van der Meer  1876-????
  3. Albert van der Meer  1880-1950
  4. Antje van der Meer  1883-> 1931
  6. Geeske van der Meer  1886-1963
  7. Sierk van der Meer  1888-1962 
  8. Jacob van der Meer  1891-1979

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ruurd Geerts van der Meer

Ruurd Geerts van der Meer
1851-1939

1876

Willemke Alberts van der Lei
1857-1942

Geert van der Meer
1876-????
Grietje van der Meer
1878-????
Albert van der Meer
1880-1950
Antje van der Meer
1883-> 1931
Sjoukje van der Meer
1884-????
Geeske van der Meer
1886-1963
Sierk van der Meer
1888-1962
Jacob van der Meer
1891-1979

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Birthday April 24, 1851

  • The temperature on April 24, 1851 was about 11.6 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
    • April 2 » Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
    • September 15 » Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.
    • October 18 » Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
    • October 24 » William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
    • December 24 » The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.

Day of marriage February 9, 1876

  • The temperature on February 9, 1876 was about -8.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
    • February 26 » Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.
    • March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
    • June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
    • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
    • August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.

Day of death July 17, 1939

  • The temperature on July 17, 1939 was between 11.8 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • February 28 » The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
    • March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
    • May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
    • September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
    • December 13 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMSExeter, HMSAjax and HMSAchilles.
    • December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.


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