McDonald and Potts family tree- black Jewish YAHYA family line 2 » Hester Johanna van Niekerk (1887-1962)

Personal data Hester Johanna van Niekerk 

Source 1
  • She was born on November 11, 1887 in The farm "Holtzhausbaken" in the Albany district, EC, South Africa.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Was younger than 16 years (14) when child (Alice Sophia Heath) was born (February 18, 1902) .

    Waarschuwing Attention: Was younger than 16 years (1) when child (Jeanetta Gesina Heath) was born (February 14, 1889) .

    Waarschuwing Attention: Was younger than 16 years (3) when child (Baby Heath) was born (July 9, 1891) .

  • She was baptized on February 1, 1888 in Albany, Cape Province.
  • Resident: Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  • She died on March 18, 1962, she was 74 years old.

Household of Hester Johanna van Niekerk

She is married to Hendrik Johannes Heath.

They got married on October 13, 1924 at Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, she was 36 years old.

Spouse: Joseph Johannes Jakob Potgieter

Child(ren):

  2. Baby Heath  1891-????
  3. Alice Sophia Heath  1902-1942
  4. Henry Johannes Heath  1904-1960 
  9. Annie Gesina Heath  1914-2008

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  1. Geni World Family Tree
    Hester Johanna Potgieter (born van Niekerk)<br>Gender: Female<br>Residence: Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa<br>Birth: Nov 11 1887 - The farm "Holtzhausbaken" in the Albany district, EC, South Africa<br>Baptism: Feb 1 1888 - Albany, Cape Province<br>Marriage: Spouse: Joseph Johannes Jakob Potgieter - Oct 13 1924 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa<br>Death: Mar 18 1962<br>Father: Willem Jacobus Delport<br>Mother: Elsie (Alice) Sophia Delport (born van Niekerk)<br>Husbands: Hendrik Johannes Heath, Joseph Johannes Jakob Potgieter<br>Children: Hester Johanna Finn (born Heath), Alice Sophia Swart (born Heath), Henry Johannes Heath, Judith Gertuida Magdelina Heath;, William Jacobus Heath, Angelina Magdaline Johanna Knoetze (born Heath), Caroline Amelia Steffens (born Heath), Annie Gesina Loots (born Heath), Pieter Johannes Potgieter, Josephina Williamina Juta (born Potgieter)<br>Siblings: Francina Bardentina (born Delport), Lucas Marthinus Delport, Alice Sophia Kemp (born Delport), Hermanus Stephanus Delport
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Historical events

Birthday November 11, 1887

  • The temperature on November 11, 1887 was about 5.5 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
    • July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
    • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
    • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.

Christening day February 1, 1888

  • The temperature on February 1, 1888 was about -5.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
    • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
    • May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
    • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
    • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
    • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

Day of marriage October 13, 1924

  • The temperature on October 13, 1924 was between 9.1 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
    • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
    • August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
    • October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
    • October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
    • November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

Day of death March 18, 1962

  • The temperature on March 18, 1962 was between -1.2 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
    • January 15 » Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
    • July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
    • July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
    • August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
    • September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.


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