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Personal data Hercules Philippus Dreyer b5c1d3e3f5 

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Household of Hercules Philippus Dreyer b5c1d3e3f5

(1) He is married to Catharina Magdalena Geldenhuys.

They got married on July 25, 1877 at Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, he was 36 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. David Daniel Dreyer  1880-1968 
  3. Dina Maria Dreyer  1881-1943


(2) He is married to Hester Dorothea Nel.

They got married on February 18, 1861 at Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Martha Susanna Dreyer  1864-1915 
  4. Johanna Maria Dreyer  1868-1934 
  6. Hester Dorothea Dreyer  1872-1909 


Notes about Hercules Philippus Dreyer b5c1d3e3f5


Herkulaas Phlippus

Baptised: 12 Dec 1841

Born: 11 Aug 1840

Father: Johannes Gerhardus DREYER

Mother: Johanna Maria MALAN

Residence: over de Grensen

Witnesses: MALAN Jacob Jacobus, SCHUTTE Maria, BREED Anna Maria

Source: Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Colesberg, Northern Cape. Baptism register, 1837-1843. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G16 3/2. Transcribed by Annelie Els, independently, from Pretoria Archives FK 2277

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      Nederduits Gereformeerde Gemeente (NGK), Colesberg, Baptism register, 1837-1843. Repository: NG Kerkargief, Noordwal-Wes, Stellenbosch, G16 3/2. Note: Colesberg established 1826 from Graaff-Reinet. Transcribed by Annelie Els, independently, from Pretoria Archives FK 2277
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    Historical events

    Birthday August 11, 1840

    • The temperature on August 11, 1840 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
      • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
      • May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
      • May 22 » The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
      • June 20 » Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
      • October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.

    Day of marriage February 18, 1861

    • The temperature on February 18, 1861 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
    • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
      • April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
      • June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races): Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
      • July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
      • August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
      • December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.

    Day of death May 9, 1919

    • The temperature on May 9, 1919 was between 8.3 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
      • January 5 » The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich.
      • January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
      • January 22 » Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
      • May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
      • June 21 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
      • September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
    

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