Dreyer Tree » Gesie Maria Catharina van Niekerk (1908-)
Personal data Gesie Maria Catharina van Niekerk
- She was born on December 5, 1908.
- A child of Izak Jacobus Marthinus van Niekerk and Johanna Elizabeth de Vries
Household of Gesie Maria Catharina van Niekerk
She is married to Cornelius Philipus Dreyer.
They got married on September 8, 1932 at Sprinbok Cape Province South Africa, she was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- Gert Dreyer 1930-2000
- Johanna Elizabeth Dreyer 1933-1935
Timeline Gesie Maria Catharina van Niekerk
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Historical events
Birthday December 5, 1908
- The temperature on December 5, 1908 was between -0.4 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
- January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
- January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
- April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
- June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
- October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
- October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
Day of marriage September 8, 1932
- The temperature on September 8, 1932 was between 8.7 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
- February 25 » Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for Reichspräsident in the 1932 election.
- May 12 » Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
- May 28 » In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
- May 29 » World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
- June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
- December 7 » German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
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- 1907 » Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic († 1993)
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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/I20723.php : accessed January 25, 2026), "Gesie Maria Catharina van Niekerk (1908-)".
Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I20723.php : accessed January 25, 2026), "Gesie Maria Catharina van Niekerk (1908-)".