Dreyer Tree » Johanna Magdalena Catharina van der Westhuizen (1899-1960)

Personal data Johanna Magdalena Catharina van der Westhuizen 


Household of Johanna Magdalena Catharina van der Westhuizen

(1) She is married to Johannes Cornelius Dreyer.

They got married on August 15, 1942 at Germiston, Transvaal, Suid-Afrika, she was 43 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  3. Gerald Dreyer  1929-1985
  4. Neil John Dreyer  1933-2012
  5. Nolan Trevor Dreyer  1934-2004


(2) She is married to Edward Bolton.

They got married on December 11, 1916 at Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, she was 17 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Johanna Magdalena Catharina van der Westhuizen

Johanna Magdalena Catharina van der Westhuizen
1899-1960

(1) 1942

Johannes Cornelius Dreyer
1890-1969

(Not public)
Daniel Pieter Dreyer aka Bolton
1923-1942
Gerald Dreyer
1929-1985
Neil John Dreyer
1933-2012
Nolan Trevor Dreyer
1934-2004
Edgar Keith "Eddie" Dreyer
1937-2020
(2) 1916

Edward Bolton
1895-????


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Historical events

Birthday February 13, 1899

  • The temperature on February 13, 1899 was about 10.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
    • February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
    • February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
    • July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
    • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
    • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

Day of marriage December 11, 1916

  • The temperature on December 11, 1916 was between -1.4 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
    • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
    • April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
    • May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
    • August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
    • December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

Day of death February 13, 1960

  • The temperature on February 13, 1960 was between -0.4 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • January 6 » National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
    • January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
    • March 4 » The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
    • March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
    • June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
    • October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


About the surname Van der Westhuizen


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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I20259.php : accessed January 25, 2026), "Johanna Magdalena Catharina van der Westhuizen (1899-1960)".