Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Gysbert Reitz HOFMEYR (1871-1942)

Personal data Gysbert Reitz HOFMEYR 

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Household of Gysbert Reitz HOFMEYR

He is married to Ydie Louise Dankwertz Nel.

They got married on August 7, 1895 at Oudtshoorn, he was 24 years old.Source 2

Die egpaar het 6 kindersSource 2

Child(ren):

  1. Harold Osmond HOFMEYR  1897-1972 
  2. Ronald HOFMEYR  1898-1974 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gysbert Reitz HOFMEYR

Stephanus Johannes HOFMEYR
1814-1861
Maria Adriana Tromp
1814-1854

Gysbert Reitz HOFMEYR
1871-1942

1895

Ydie Louise Dankwertz Nel
1872-1943

Harold Osmond HOFMEYR
1897-1972
Ronald HOFMEYR
1898-1974

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    Historical events

    Birthday February 12, 1871

    • The temperature on February 12, 1871 was about -3.5 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
      • June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
      • September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
      • October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
      • October 12 » The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
      • December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.

    Day of marriage August 7, 1895

    • The temperature on August 7, 1895 was about 14.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
      • March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
      • March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
      • June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
      • October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
      • October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.

    Day of death March 12, 1942

    • The temperature on March 12, 1942 was between -5.8 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
      • February 8 » World War II: Dutch Colonial Army General Destruction Unit (AVC, Algemene Vernielings Corps) burns Banjarmasin, South Borneo to avoid Japanese capture.
      • February 24 » An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
      • May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
      • May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
      • October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
      • November 3 » World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
    

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