Dreyer Tree » Florence Emma King (1897-1947)
Personal data Florence Emma King
- She was born in the year 1897 in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa.
- She died on February 15, 1947 in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa, she was 50 years old.
- A child of Robert Lechy King and Hester Susanna Dreyer
Household of Florence Emma King
(1) She is married to Benjamin Freedman.
They got married on August 25, 1928 at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, she was 31 years old.
(2) She is married to Cuthbert Guthrie Robinson.
They got married on May 20, 1917 at Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, she was 20 years old.
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Historical events
Day of marriage May 20, 1917
- The temperature on May 20, 1917 was between 10.2 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
- March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
- March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
- October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
Day of death February 15, 1947
- The temperature on February 15, 1947 was between -8.9 °C and -1.7 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
- January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
- February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
- April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
- May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
- August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
- October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
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- 1939 » Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)
- 1956 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
- 1959 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
- 1961 » Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
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The Dreyer Tree publication was prepared by Hendrik Dreyer.
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I18392.php : accessed January 26, 2026), "Florence Emma King (1897-1947)".
Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I18392.php : accessed January 26, 2026), "Florence Emma King (1897-1947)".