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Personal data Joseph Sylvester Potts 

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Household of Joseph Sylvester Potts

He is married to Ruth Alphonsine CRAMB.

They got married on June 29, 1918 at Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States, he was 24 years old.Source 9

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  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, via https://www.myheritage.com/research/reco...
    Joseph Sylvester Potts<br>Birth name: Joseph Sylvester Potts<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Dec 20 1893 - Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States<br>Military draft registration: Between 1917 and 1918 - Denver City no 8, Colorado, United States<br>Marriage: Spouse: Ruth Alphonsine Cramb - June 29 1918 - Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States<br>Residence: 1930 - Los Angeles (Districts 0251-0500), Los Angeles, California, United States<br>Residence: 1935 - Same House<br>Residence: 1940 - Councilmanic District 13, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States<br>Death: Mar 19 1974 - Orange, California, United States<br>Burial: Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, United States<br>Wife: Ruth Alphonsine Potts (born Cramb)<br>Children: Floy I. Potts, Willis Dana Potts, Joseph Sylvester Potts
  2. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 147; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0385; FHL microfilm: 2339882
  3. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Denver, Denver, Colorado; Roll: T625_159; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 93
  4. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T627_396; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 60-1063
  9. Colorado, County Marriages and State Indexes, 1862-2006, Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday December 20, 1893

  • The temperature on December 20, 1893 was about 5.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
    • June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
    • July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
    • August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
    • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
    • November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.

Day of death March 19, 1974

  • The temperature on March 19, 1974 was between 2.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • February 4 » The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
    • February 8 » After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
    • February 12 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
    • June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
    • September 15 » Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
    • November 23 » Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.


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