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Personal data George Thornley 

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Household of George Thornley

He is married to Ruth Saunders.

They got married on July 26, 1912 at Smithfield, Cache, Utah, Verenigde Staten, he was 32 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Thornley

John Thornley
± 1808-????
Ellen Langton
± 1809-????
Brighton
± 1819-????

George Thornley
1880-1961

1912

Ruth Saunders
1885-????


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    Historical events

    • The temperature on March 18, 1880 was about 3.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
      • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
      • June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
      • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
      • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
      • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
    • The temperature on July 26, 1912 was between 15.0 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
      • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
      • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
      • October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
      • December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
      • December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
    • The temperature on November 26, 1961 was between -0.9 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
      • April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
      • April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
      • May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
      • August 25 » President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
      • September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
      • October 27 » NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
    

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