Dreyer Tree » Wessel Johannes Jacobus Wessels (1856-1924)

Personal data Wessel Johannes Jacobus Wessels 

  • He was born in the year 1856.
  • He died on June 30, 1924, he was 68 years old.

Household of Wessel Johannes Jacobus Wessels

(1) He is married to Lucas Cornelis Dreyer.

They got married on November 17, 1902 at Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa, he was 46 years old.


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(2) He is married to Hendrika Petronella Ferreira.

They got married on January 10, 1887 at Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa, he was 31 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wessel Johannes Jacobus Wessels

Wessel Johannes Jacobus Wessels
1856-1924

(1) 1902

Lucas Cornelis Dreyer
1860-1926

Lucas Cornelis Dreyer Wessels
-1903
Wessel Johannes Nicolaas Wessels
1907-????
(2) 1887

Hendrika Petronella Ferreira
1864-1898


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Historical events

Day of marriage January 10, 1887

  • The temperature on January 10, 1887 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
    • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
    • June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Day of death June 30, 1924

  • The temperature on June 30, 1924 was between 9.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
    • February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
    • July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
    • September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
    • November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
    • December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.


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