Dreyer Tree » Gert van der Merwe (1874-1943)

Personal data Gert van der Merwe 


Household of Gert van der Merwe

(1) He is married to Martha Catharina Stoffelina Dreyer.

They got married on March 25, 1896 at Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 22 years old.


(2) He is married to Martha Catharina Stoffelina Dreyer.

They got married on March 25, 1896 at Wakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 22 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gert van der Merwe

Gert van der Merwe
1874-1943

(1) 1896

Martha Catharina Stoffelina Dreyer
1876-1964

(2) 1896

Martha Catharina Stoffelina Dreyer
1876-1964

Lucas Ignatius Dreyer van der Merwe
1918-1982

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Historical events

Day of marriage March 25, 1896

  • The temperature on March 25, 1896 was about 12.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
    • February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
    • February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
    • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
    • August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
    • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.

Day of death July 11, 1943

  • The temperature on July 11, 1943 was between 11.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 14 » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
    • March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
    • March 19 » Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
    • April 7 » Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
    • October 13 » World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
    • November 16 » World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.


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