Dreyer Tree » Johanna Hendrina Lessing (1897-1943)

Personal data Johanna Hendrina Lessing 

  • She was born in the year 1897.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (July 31, 1912) below 16 years (15).

  • She died on December 7, 1943, she was 46 years old.

Household of Johanna Hendrina Lessing

She is married to John Jacobus Dreyer.

They got married on July 31, 1912 at Lydenburg, Transvaal, South Africa, she was 15 years old.

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Historical events

Day of death December 7, 1943

  • The temperature on December 7, 1943 was between -6.9 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
    • August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
    • August 27 » World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
    • September 6 » Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
    • September 16 » World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
    • October 3 » World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lyngiades, Greece.
    • December 8 » World War II: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in Greece and executes 22 monks and visitors as part of reprisals that culminated a few days later with the Massacre of Kalavryta.


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Source: Wikipedia


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