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Personal data Martinus Jacobus Potgieter 


Household of Martinus Jacobus Potgieter

He is married to Catharina Elizabeth Maria de Villiers.

They got married on February 24, 1920 at Warden, Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa, he was 44 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Martinus Jacobus Potgieter

Martinus Jacobus Potgieter
1876-????

1920

Catharina Elizabeth Maria de Villiers
1895-????

Cornelius Janse de Villiers Potgieter
1921-1974

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Historical events

Day of marriage February 24, 1920

  • The temperature on February 24, 1920 was between -0.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
    • 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.
    • March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
    • July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
    • August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
    • August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
    • November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.

About the surname Potgieter


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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I18285.php : accessed January 17, 2026), "Martinus Jacobus Potgieter (1876-????)".