Dreyer Tree » Andries Jacobus van Rooyen (1890-1920)

Personal data Andries Jacobus van Rooyen 

  • He was born in the year 1890.
  • He died on September 7, 1920 in Leeufontein, Heidelberg, Transvaal South Africa, he was 30 years old.
    Oorzaak: Strike by lightning
  • He is buried in Leeufontein, Heidelberg, Transvaal South Africa.

Household of Andries Jacobus van Rooyen

He is married to Ester Elsie Susana Dreyer.

They got married on March 3, 1920 at Heidelberg, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 30 years old.

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Historical events

Day of death September 7, 1920

  • The temperature on September 7, 1920 was between 8.9 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
    • February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
    • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
    • September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
    • November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
    • November 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.


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About the surname Van Rooyen


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