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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 


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    1. NGK
      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
    2. du Plooy Family Tree Web Site, Philip du Plooy, Hercules Philippus DREYER, b5c1d3e3f5, February 14, 2016
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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
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      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.
      • January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
      • May 1 » The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
      • May 6 » The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
      • 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.
      • January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
      • February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
      • May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
      • May 20 » American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
      • May 29 » The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
      • November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.

    Day of death May 9, 1919

    • The temperature on May 9, 1919 was between 8.4 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 16.5 °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.
      • February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
      • March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
      • March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
      • July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
      • September 11 » United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
      • October 16 » Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.
    

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