Dreyer Tree » Cathrina Johanna (Cathrina Johanna ) Wessels (1850-1926)

Personal data Cathrina Johanna (Cathrina Johanna ) Wessels 


Household of Cathrina Johanna (Cathrina Johanna ) Wessels

She is married to Christiaan Lourens Dreyer.

They got married on October 11, 1869 at Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa, she was 19 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Cathrina Johanna Wessels

Cathrina Johanna Wessels
1850-1926

1869

Christiaan Lourens Dreyer
1844-????

Lukas Cornelis Wessels
1883-1909

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Historical events

Day of marriage October 11, 1869

  • The temperature on October 11, 1869 was about 17.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
    • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
    • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
    • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
    • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.

Day of death August 8, 1926

  • The temperature on August 8, 1926 was between 6.7 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
    • June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
    • August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
    • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
    • September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
    • December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.


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