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Personal data Hendrik Mekus 


Household of Hendrik Mekus

(1) He is married to Dirkje van Harskamp.

They got married on June 1, 1859 at Haarlemmermeer, he was 24 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Anna Mekus  1861-1892


(2) He is married to Maria Overkleeft.

They got married on March 28, 1894 at Haarlemmermeer, he was 59 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hendrik Mekus

Willem Mekus
1798-1856
Anna Naas
± 1793-1858

Hendrik Mekus
1834-1917

(1) 1859

Dirkje van Harskamp
1821-1892

Anna Mekus
1861-1892
(2) 1894

Maria Overkleeft
1846-????


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Sources

  1. Haarlemmermeer BS Huwelijken, 1859, nummer 26

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Historical events

Birthday September 3, 1834

  • The temperature on September 3, 1834 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui. Source: KNMI
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    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 year 1834: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 3 » Wake Forest University is established (as Wake Forest Institute) in North Carolina, United States.
    • March 6 » York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
    • May 30 » Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
    • August 1 » Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
    • October 9 » Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
    • October 28 » The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists.

Day of marriage March 28, 1894

  • The temperature on March 28, 1894 was about 4.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • 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 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
    • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
    • May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
    • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
    • July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
    • September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.

Day of death December 19, 1917

  • The temperature on December 19, 1917 was between -9.7 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
    • July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
    • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
    • October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
    • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
    • November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.


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