Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Andrew Murray HOFMEYR (1866-1936)
Personal data Andrew Murray HOFMEYR
Source 1Source 2- He was born on June 15, 1866 in Murraysburg.Source 2
- Profession: Direkteur in Heilbron.Source 2
Stofberg-Gedenkskool
- He died on February 21, 1936 in Greytown, he was 69 years old.Source 2
- A child of Jan Hendrik HOFMEYR and Isabella Murray
- This information was last updated on September 2, 2010.
Household of Andrew Murray HOFMEYR
(1) He is married to Phoebe Horn Stroebel.
They got married on March 15, 1894 at Knysna, he was 27 years old.Source 2
Die egpaar het 4 kindersSource 2
Child(ren):
- Andrew Murray HOFMEYR 1906-1928
(2) He is married to Amelia Scheuer.
They got married on October 3, 1927 at Greytown, he was 61 years old.Source 2
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Historical events
Birthday June 15, 1866
- The temperature on June 15, 1866 was about 20.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
- From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
- In the year 1866: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- April 4 » Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.
- April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
- April 10 » The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
- June 2 » The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
- June 24 » Battle of Custoza: An Austrian army defeats the Italian army during the Austro-Prussian War.
- July 3 » Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, resulting in Prussia taking over as the prominent German nation from Austria.
Day of marriage October 3, 1927
- The temperature on October 3, 1927 was between 3.3 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
- July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
- October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
- October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
- November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
- November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
- December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
Day of death February 21, 1936
- The temperature on February 21, 1936 was between -1.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
- February 29 » February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
- March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
- May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
- July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
- November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
- November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
Same birth/death day
- 1848 » Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Indian bishop and saint († 1902)
- 1872 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player († 1950)
- 1875 » Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier († 1987)
- 1878 » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer († 1955)
- 1881 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army († 1945)
- 1884 » Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1944)
- 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
- 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
- 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
- 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
- 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
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