Dreyer Tree » Gertrude Ethel Dreyer (1916-)

Personal data Gertrude Ethel Dreyer 


Household of Gertrude Ethel Dreyer

(1) She is married to Willem Hendrik Wilcocks.

They got married December 1937 at Pretoria, South Africa, she was 21 years old.


(2) She is married to William Buckland Rorke.

They got married on January 27, 1945 at Pretoria, Transvaal, Suid-Afrika, she was 28 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gertrude Ethel Dreyer

Melt Van der Spuy Dreyer
1848-1900
Maria Elizabeth de Villiers
1858-1905

Gertrude Ethel Dreyer
1916-????

(1) 1937

Willem Hendrik Wilcocks
1905-1971

(2) 1945

William Buckland Rorke
1916-????


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    Historical events

    Birthday March 12, 1916

    • The temperature on March 12, 1916 was between 1.8 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
      • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
      • June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
      • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
      • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
      • November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
      • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.

    Day of marriage January 27, 1945

    • The temperature on January 27, 1945 was between -7.2 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -3.6 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
    • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
      • February 21 » World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front.
      • April 4 » World War II: American troops capture Kassel.
      • April 21 » World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.
      • April 25 » Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two.
      • June 14 » World War II: Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
      • September 16 » World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
    

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