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Personal data Alexander Duff Imlah 

  • He was born on May 27, 1864 in Woodside, Delgaty, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • (Fact 1) in Member of a crew on a sailing ship as a young man.
  • (Fact 2) in Skilled in the use of the broad axe, used to shape squared timbers.
  • (Fact 3) in Sawmills were not yet invented.
  • (Fact 4) in Lived in Tillamook, OR building improved roads between coast &, Willamette Valley.
  • (Fact 5) in Sawmills were not yet invented.
  • (Fact 6) in Worked for Old Willamette &, Steel Co, &, Wentworth &, Irwin Co.
  • (Fact 7) in Passed away in Portland near his 93rd birthday.
  • (Fact 8) in Normally 6 ft 240 lbs, was 135 lbs at time of death.
  • (Fact 9) in Devout Masonic Member.
  • He died on June 10, 1957 in Multnomah County, Portland, Oregon, he was 93 years old.
  • A child of Alexander Imlah and Louisa Duff Mitchell

Household of Alexander Duff Imlah

He is married to Estella Mae Smith.

They got married on January 20, 1890 at St. Louis, Oregon, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. John William Imlah  1892-1983 
  3. Louisa May Imlah  1896-1982 
  8. Grace Eunice Imlah  1912-1914


Notes about Alexander Duff Imlah

Alexander sailed as a member of the crew of sailing ships as a young man. He was skilled in the use of the broad axe in the shaping of large squared timbers for use in the frames of barns and other large buildings fefore the day of the sawmill. Timbers hewed by Alex provided the frame for many buildings in early days. The family lived for many years in Tillamook, Oregon, where Alex worked with crews that built the first improved roads between the coast and the Willamette Valley. They later moved to Portland, Oregon where Alex worked for the old Willamette and Steel Company, the Wentworkth and Irwin Company and other like firms. Alex passed away in Portland near his 93rd birthday. The six foot two hundred forty pound husky tipped the scale at about 135 pounds at the time of his death. He was a devout Masonic Member and Estella belonged to the Rebecca Lodge.

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    Birthday May 27, 1864

    • The temperature on May 27, 1864 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
      • May 7 » The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
      • July 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
      • July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
      • October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
      • November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.

    Day of marriage January 20, 1890

    • The temperature on January 20, 1890 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
      • July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
      • July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
      • July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
      • September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
      • December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

    Day of death June 10, 1957

    • The temperature on June 10, 1957 was between 11.3 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
      • March 25 » United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
      • April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
      • September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
      • October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
      • November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
      • December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
    

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