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Personal data Jan Christoffel Hofmeijer 


Household of Jan Christoffel Hofmeijer

Waarschuwing Attention: Partner (Helena Johanna Loubser) is 49 years younger.

(1) He is married to Catharina Geertruida Claris Truter.

They got married on July 5, 1855 at Cape Town Cape South Africa, he was 29 years old.


(2) He is married to Helena Johanna Loubser.

They got married on May 17, 1893 at Cape Town Cape South Africa, he was 67 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Christoffel Hofmeijer

Jan Christoffel Hofmeijer
1826-1898

(1) 1855

Catharina Geertruida Claris Truter
1835-1892

(2) 1893

Helena Johanna Loubser
1876-1946


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Historical events

Birthday May 8, 1826

Day of marriage May 17, 1893

  • The temperature on May 17, 1893 was about 19.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
    • January 13 » U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USSBoston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
    • July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
    • July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
    • July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
    • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.

Day of death February 17, 1898

  • The temperature on February 17, 1898 was about 3.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
    • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
    • June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
    • July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
    • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
    • August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".


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Source: Wikipedia

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