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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.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
    • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
    • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
    • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

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.
    • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
    • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
    • July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
    • July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
    • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
    • 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 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
    • March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
    • March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
    • March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
    • April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.


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)

Source: Wikipedia


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