Dreyer Tree » Hester Dorothea Nel (1842-1876)
Personal data Hester Dorothea Nel
Source 1- She was born on July 14, 1842 in Orange Free State, South Africa.
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Death notice N139 - OFS
- She died on December 11, 1876 in Palmietkuil, district Kroonstad Orange Free State, South Africa, she was 34 years old.
- A child of Johannes Hendrik Nel and Martha Susanna Saaiman
Household of Hester Dorothea Nel
She is married to Hercules Philippus Dreyer.
They got married on February 18, 1861 at Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa, she was 18 years old.
Child(ren):
- Johannes Hendrik Dreyer 1866-1956
- Hercules Philippus Dreyer 1870-1871
- Christiaan Lourens Dreyer 1874-????
- Hercules Philippus Dreyer 1875-1877
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Sources
- du Plooy Family Tree Web Site, Philip du Plooy, Hester Dorothea DREYER (born NEL), February 14, 2016
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Historical events
Birthday July 14, 1842
- The temperature on July 14, 1842 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: helder. 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 1842: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- March 17 » The Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed.
- March 28 » First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
- March 30 » Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
- May 30 » John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert.
- August 14 » American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
- August 29 » Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
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.
- February 4 » American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
- March 10 » El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire of Mali.
- April 27 » American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
- June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
- August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
- October 21 » American Civil War: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
Day of death December 11, 1876
- The temperature on December 11, 1876 was about 7.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
- April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
- August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
- August 31 » Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid II.
- December 29 » The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Same birth/death day
- 1829 » Edward Benson, English archbishop († 1896)
- 1859 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator († 1928)
- 1861 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist († 1931)
- 1862 » Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator († 1945)
- 1862 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1918)
- 1863 » Arthur Coningham, Australian cricketer († 1939)
- 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
- 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
- 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
- 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
- 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
- 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I526416.php : accessed May 1, 2025), "Hester Dorothea Nel (1842-1876)".