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A Study of the Haasdijk, Scheffer, Benner and Neering families in The Netherlands

Johan Hendrik van Meurs

Male 1888 - 1945  (56 years)


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  • Name Johan Hendrik van Meurs 
    Birth 25 Jul 1888  Rijssen, OV, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Graduation 1914  Utrecht, UT, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • doctorate in rechten
    Occupation 1915 
    leraar, jurist 
    Occupation 1925  Groningen, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    hoogleraar in het Romeinsrecht 
    Reference Number 43236 
    Death 03 Feb 1945  Haren, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • after extended period in hiding, underfed and died of malnutrition
    Person ID I43236  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2010 

    Father Jacob van Meurs,   b. Abt 1847, Heerde, GL, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1928, Baarn, UT, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Mother Christina van Opstall,   b. Abt 1858, Goor, OV, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 31 Jul 1884  Rijssen, OV, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19818  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Geertruida Jacoba Schuld,   b. Abt 1888, 's Gravenhage, ZH, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 11 Aug 1915 
    Family ID F19822  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • gymnasium to 1906
    • was supervisor for Pieter Gerbenzon in his study on "oud-vaderlands recht"; had to convinced to do this: "Met moeite kon Gerbenzon zijn socialistisch gezinde begeleider prof. van Merus ervan overtuigen dat hij dit vak wilde studeren op inhoudelijke gronden, want al voor de oorlog werd oud-vaderlands recht als 'besmet' beschouwd vanwege de politieke sympathieen van de hoogleraren die het vak doceerden"
    • hid from Germans, worked against Nazis
    • 3 sons, 1 daughter


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