Dreyer Tree » Hester Maria Botha (1866-1936)

Personal data Hester Maria Botha 

  • She was born in the year 1866 in Zyverfontein, Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa.
  • She died on February 25, 1936 in Kroonstad Orange Freestate South Africa, she was 70 years old.
    Oorzaak: CF dilation of R chamber, epilepsy
  • She is buried in Lekkerwater Kroonstad Orange Freestate South Africa.
  • A child of Reinier Johannes Rudolph Botha and Hester Maria Malan

Household of Hester Maria Botha

She is married to Christiaan Lourens Dreyer.

They got married on December 8, 1884 at Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Thomas Frederik Dreyer  1891-1943 
  2. Theodorus Ernst Dreyer  1893-1954 
  3. Daniel David Dreyer  1897-1901

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Historical events

  • The temperature on December 8, 1884 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
  • The temperature on February 25, 1936 was between 0.9 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
    • April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
    • May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
    • August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
    • September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
    • October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.


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