Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » William Angus HOFMEYR (1869-1953)

Personal data William Angus HOFMEYR 

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Household of William Angus HOFMEYR

He is married to Elizabeth De Jongh Kuys.

They got married on March 24, 1898, he was 29 years old.Source 2

Die egpaar het 4 kindersSource 2

Child(ren):

  3. Emily Mary HOFMEYR  1902-1902
  4. Anna Elizabeth HOFMEYR  1904-1985 

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    Historical events

    Birthday March 16, 1869

    • The temperature on March 16, 1869 was about 4.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 5 » The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
      • May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
      • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
      • August 29 » The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
      • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
      • November 6 » In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

    Day of marriage March 24, 1898

    • The temperature on March 24, 1898 was about 2.8 °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 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 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
      • April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
      • June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
      • August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
      • August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
      • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

    Day of death October 18, 1953

    • The temperature on October 18, 1953 was between 3.8 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The almost cloudless 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
      • January 5 » The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.
      • April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
      • April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
      • June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
      • June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
      • December 24 » Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.
    

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