Dreyer Tree » Lourens Petrus Greyling (1864-1937)

Personal data Lourens Petrus Greyling 

  • He was born in the year 1864 in Bothaville Orange Freestate South Africa.
  • He died on September 5, 1937 in Uitkyk, Bothaville, Orange Free State, South Africa, he was 73 years old.

Household of Lourens Petrus Greyling

He is married to Martha Maria Dreyer.

They got married on November 28, 1887 at Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa, he was 23 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Lourens Petrus Greyling

Lourens Petrus Greyling
1864-1937

1887

Martha Maria Dreyer
1864-1891

Martha Maria Greyling
1888-????
Abraham Carel Greyling
1891-????

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Historical events

Day of marriage November 28, 1887

  • The temperature on November 28, 1887 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
    • April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
    • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.
    • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Day of death September 5, 1937

  • The temperature on September 5, 1937 was between 7.6 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
    • April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
    • May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
    • July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
    • July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
    • December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.


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