Dreyer Tree » Marthinus Sybrand Johannes van Schoor (1864-1940)

Personal data Marthinus Sybrand Johannes van Schoor 

  • He was born in the year 1864.
  • He died on October 19, 1940 in Onrusrivier, Cape Province, South Africa, he was 76 years old.

Household of Marthinus Sybrand Johannes van Schoor

He is married to Christina Jacoba van der Spuy.

They got married on March 4, 1889 at Worcester, Cape, South Africa, he was 25 years old.

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Historical events

Day of death October 19, 1940

  • The temperature on October 19, 1940 was between 8.4 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
    • June 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
    • June 23 » Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.
    • July 6 » Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge is formally opened.
    • September 18 » World War II: The British liner SSCity of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
    • November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.


Same birth/death day

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About the surname Van Schoor


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