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Personal data Maria Christina MARAIS 

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Household of Maria Christina MARAIS

She is married to Marthinus Wessel PRETORIUS.

They got married on March 13, 1871 at Graaff Reinet.


Child(ren):

  4. Hester PRETORIUS  1879-????
  7. Hendrik PRETORIUS  1885-1947 

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Historical events

Day of marriage March 13, 1871

  • The temperature on March 13, 1871 was about 10.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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.
    • July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
    • July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
    • October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
    • October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
    • November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
    • December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.

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