Dreyer Tree » Hester Christina Aletta Pool (1845-1927)
Personal data Hester Christina Aletta Pool
- She was born on May 9, 1845 in Woodstock, Cape, South Africa.
- She died on September 14, 1927 in Touwsrivier, Worcester Cape, South Africa, she was 82 years old.
- A child of Christiaan Frederick Pool and Martha Aletta Lucas
Household of Hester Christina Aletta Pool
Attention: Spouse (Cornelis Dreyer) is 39 years older.
(1) She is married to Cornelis Dreyer.
They got married on August 18, 1864, she was 19 years old.
Child(ren):
- Christoffel Johannes Cornelis Dreyer 1879-????
(2) She is married to James Levi Goss Ross.
They got married on February 6, 1900 at Tulbagh, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, she was 54 years old.
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Historical events
Birthday May 9, 1845
- The temperature on May 9, 1845 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1845: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 29 » "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
- March 1 » United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
- August 28 » The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
- October 10 » In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 students.
- November 20 » Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
- December 27 » Journalist John L. O'Sullivan, writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny".
Day of marriage February 6, 1900
- The temperature on February 6, 1900 was about 0.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
- February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
- February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
- June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
- June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
- November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Day of death September 14, 1927
- The temperature on September 14, 1927 was between 10.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
- July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
- July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
- August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
- November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
- December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
- December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
Same birth/death day
- 1836 » Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart († 1912)
- 1837 » Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company († 1895)
- 1845 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman († 1913)
- 1850 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist († 1936)
- 1855 » Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer († 1932)
- 1860 » J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright († 1937)
- 1916 » José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
- 1927 » Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1877)
- 1931 » Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (b. 1856)
- 1936 » Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1899)
- 1936 » Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (b. 1878)
- 1937 » Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
About the surname Pool
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The Dreyer Tree publication was prepared by Hendrik Dreyer.
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I13704.php : accessed January 17, 2026), "Hester Christina Aletta Pool (1845-1927)".
Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I13704.php : accessed January 17, 2026), "Hester Christina Aletta Pool (1845-1927)".