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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
- July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
- September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
- 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.
- November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
- December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
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 18 » The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
- March 19 » The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
- April 24 » Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
- May 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
- July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
- September 17 » A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
Same birth/death day
- 1905 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (d.1949)
- 1905 » Gus Mancuso, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster († 1984)
- 1905 » Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer († 1986)
- 1907 » Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic († 1993)
- 1907 » Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1971)
- 1910 » Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter († 1999)
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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-)".