Dreyer Tree » Jan Hendrik Gerhardus van der Schyff (1886-????)

Personal data Jan Hendrik Gerhardus van der Schyff 


Household of Jan Hendrik Gerhardus van der Schyff

He is married to Helena Dreyer.

They got married on May 31, 1915 at Petrusburg, Orange Free State, South Africa, he was 29 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Hendrik Gerhardus van der Schyff

Jan Hendrik Gerhardus van der Schyff
1886-????

1915

Helena Dreyer
1892-????

Hendrik Mauritz van der Schyff
1918-1919

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Historical events

Birthday April 6, 1886

  • The temperature on April 6, 1886 was about 9.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
    • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
    • May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
    • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
    • October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
    • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Day of marriage May 31, 1915

  • The temperature on May 31, 1915 was between 2.1 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
    • April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
    • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
    • May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
    • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
    • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.


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