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.
    • February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
    • May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
    • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
    • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
    • November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.

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.
    • June 20 » World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
    • September 8 » World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) is attacked in an air raid on Frascati.
    • October 3 » World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lyngiades, Greece.
    • November 15 » The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
    • December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.


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