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 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
- June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
- November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
- November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
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.
- March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
- April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
- July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
- August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
- December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
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- 1956 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
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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)".