Dreyer Tree » Geertruida Susanna Maria Brits (1863-1950)

Personal data Geertruida Susanna Maria Brits 

  • She was born in the year 1863.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (January 15, 1878) below 16 years (15).

  • She died on June 4, 1950, she was 87 years old.

Household of Geertruida Susanna Maria Brits

She is married to Cornelis Rudolph Coertzen.

They got married on January 15, 1878 at Boshof, Orange Free State, South Africa, she was 15 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Geertruida Susanna Maria Brits

Geertruida Susanna Maria Brits
1863-1950

1878

Cornelis Rudolph Coertzen
1858-1942

Anna Catherina Dolfina Coertzen
1903-1966

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Historical events

Day of marriage January 15, 1878

  • The temperature on January 15, 1878 was about 7.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
    • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Day of death June 4, 1950

  • The temperature on June 4, 1950 was between 12.2 °C and 29.3 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
    • June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
    • October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
    • October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
    • November 17 » Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
    • December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.


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