Dreyer Tree » Maria Johanna van Staden (1853-1939)

Personal data Maria Johanna van Staden 

  • She was born in the year 1853.
  • She died on April 16, 1939 in 33 Forth ave Melville Johannesburg, she was 86 years old.
    Oorzaak: Rheumatoid arthritis severe
  • She is buried in Johannesburh.

Household of Maria Johanna van Staden

She is married to Petrus Adriaan Dreyer.

They got married on July 12, 1869 at Fraserburg, Cape South Africa, she was 16 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Daniel David Dreyer  1873-1940 
  2. Dina Johanna Dreyer  1883-????
  3. Frans Albertus Dreyer  1885-1945 
  4. Wynand Jacobus Dreyer  1892-1955 
  5. David Daniel Dreyer  1895-1961

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Historical events

  • The temperature on July 12, 1869 was about 28.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 41%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
    • April 28 » Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
    • June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
    • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
    • September 24 » Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
    • November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
  • The temperature on April 16, 1939 was between 8.8 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
    • June 1 » First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
    • June 12 » Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
    • August 15 » Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
    • November 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
    • December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.


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