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Personal data Gertruida Magdalena Hendrina (Gerty) du Toit h1 


Household of Gertruida Magdalena Hendrina (Gerty) du Toit h1

She is married to Gert Johannes van der Merwe.

They got married on March 31, 1903 at Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa, she was 25 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gertruida Magdalena Hendrina (Gerty) du Toit

Nicolaas Jacobus du Toit
1827-1888
Helena Christina du Plessies
1833-1903
Joachim Christoffel Snyman
1834-1915
Geertruida Magdalena Hugo
1839-1873

Gertruida Magdalena Hendrina (Gerty) du Toit
1878-1944

1903

Gert Johannes van der Merwe
1877-1951


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    Historical events

    Birthday January 24, 1878

    • The temperature on January 24, 1878 was about 3.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
      • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
      • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
      • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
      • September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
      • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

    Day of marriage March 31, 1903

    • The temperature on March 31, 1903 was between 4.9 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (33%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
      • February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
      • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
      • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
      • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
      • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
      • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

    Day of death April 17, 1944

    • The temperature on April 17, 1944 was between 6.3 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • June 4 » World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
      • June 25 » The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
      • July 25 » World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
      • August 24 » World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
      • September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
      • December 26 » World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
    

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