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 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
    • 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).
    • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
    • 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.
    • December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

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.
    • January 14 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
    • March 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
    • July 22 » World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
    • September 8 » World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the armistice with Italy.
    • December 13 » World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
    • December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.


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About the surname Van der Merwe


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