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Personal data Jan Albertus David Groenewald 


Household of Jan Albertus David Groenewald

He is married to Maria Cornelia Kruger.

They got married on December 30, 1908 at Rustenburg Transvaal South Africa, he was 24 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Albertus David Groenewald

Jan Albertus David Groenewald
1884-1931

1908

Maria Cornelia Kruger
1891-1939

Christina Elizabeth Groenewald
1924-1986

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Historical events

Birthday May 29, 1884

  • The temperature on May 29, 1884 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Day of marriage December 30, 1908

  • The temperature on December 30, 1908 was between -14.9 °C and -8.9 °C and averaged -12.0 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
    • April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
    • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
    • July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
    • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
    • December 28 » The 7.1 Mw  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

Day of death February 1, 1931

  • The temperature on February 1, 1931 was between 0.3 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
    • March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
    • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
    • July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
    • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
    • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1880 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher († 1936)
  • 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)
  • 1893 » Max Brand, American journalist and author († 1944)
  • 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
  • 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)

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