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Personal data Martha Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe 


Household of Martha Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe

She is married to Bernardus Roux "Ben" Dreyer.

They got married on August 29, 1933 at Harrismith, OFS, South Africa, she was 25 years old.

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Martha Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe
1908-1998

1933

Bernardus Roux "Ben" Dreyer
1903-1995


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Historical events

Birthday April 13, 1908

  • The temperature on April 13, 1908 was between 0.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
    • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
    • June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
    • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
    • July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
    • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

Day of marriage August 29, 1933

  • The temperature on August 29, 1933 was between 11.2 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • January 24 » The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
    • March 9 » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
    • March 10 » The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area leaving around 108 people dead.
    • June 17 » Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
    • October 12 » The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
    • October 19 » Konstantin von Neurath withdraws Germany from the League of Nations.

Day of death November 15, 1998

  • The temperature on November 15, 1998 was between 4.3 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
    • January 4 » A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
    • February 1 » Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
    • February 20 » American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
    • February 28 » First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
    • April 10 » The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
    • July 15 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine.


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Hendrik Dreyer, "Dreyer Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dreyer-tree/I6019.php : accessed February 24, 2026), "Martha Maria Elizabeth van der Merwe (1908-1998)".