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Personal data Dr Albertus Daniel Keet 


Household of Dr Albertus Daniel Keet

(1) He is married to Neeltje Nulda Cornelia van der Poll.

They got married on September 9, 1919 at Amsterdam, Netherlands, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. (Not public)
  3. (Not public)


(2) He is married to Dorathea Johanna Dreyer.

They got married on December 1, 1934 at Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 46 years old.


(3) He is married to Catharina van der Merwe.

They got married on December 15, 1939 at Lindley, Free State, South Africa, he was 51 years old.


Notes about Dr Albertus Daniel Keet


mediese dokter wat tot c. 1918 aan Univ v
Amsterdam studeer en daarna as huisdokter in stadshospitaal v Arnhem, provinsie
Gelderland, diens doen. Tydens sy verblyf in Nederland raak hy ook aktief betrokke by
joernalistiek en word joernalis en medewerker v verskeie Nederlandse koerante. Keer
terug na SA c. 1919 en vestig as mediese praktisyn te Senekal, OVS, waar hy ook
bekend word as Afrikaanse digter. Verskeie v sy verse is ook in Nederland getoonset.
Word as eerste Afrikaaanse minnedigter beskou en ook aktiewe lid vd SA Akademie
vir Wetenskap en Kuns van wie hy ook ‘n ere-lidmaatskap ontvang

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Albertus Daniel Keet

Albertus Daniel Keet
1888-1972

(1) 1919

Neeltje Nulda Cornelia van der Poll
1894-1932

(Not public)
(Not public)
(Not public)
(2) 1934

Dorathea Johanna Dreyer
1907-????

(3) 1939

Catharina van der Merwe
1919-1986


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Historical events

Birthday October 14, 1888

  • The temperature on October 14, 1888 was about 8.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
    • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
    • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
    • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
    • October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
    • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

Day of marriage December 15, 1939

  • The temperature on December 15, 1939 was between -1.9 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. 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 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.
    • March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
    • March 22 » Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
    • July 6 » Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
    • August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
    • August 15 » The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
    • September 28 » World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.

Day of death February 12, 1972

  • The temperature on February 12, 1972 was between 2.9 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
    • May 13 » Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
    • July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
    • August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
    • November 8 » American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches, initially transmitting to 365 Teleservice Cable subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. First operating as a Northeastern U.S.-based regional service, HBO was one of the first cable-originated television channels. HBO's inaugural programming that evening consisted of its first event telecast—an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, and its first movie presentation—the 1971 Paul Newman–Henry Fonda film Sometimes a Great Notion.
    • November 30 » Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.


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