Birrell family tree » George David Birrell (1917-1997)

Personal data George David Birrell 

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Household of George David Birrell

He is married to Christina Farries Smith Ellis.

They got married at Glasgow.


Child(ren):

  1. Andrew David Birrell  1951-2016 
  2. (Not public)


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Ancestors (and descendant) of George David Birrell

David Birrell
1857-1937
Sarah Isabella Garrow
1857-1896
James Bogie
± 1853-????
Pauline Moreau
± 1854-????
David Birrell
1877-1971

George David Birrell
1917-1997


Christina Farries Smith Ellis
± 1920-1994

Andrew David Birrell
1951-2016
(Not public)

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    Sources

    1. Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com
    2. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
    3. England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005, Ancestry.com
      Birth date: 20 May 1917
      Birth place:
      Death date: May 1997
      Death place: Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England
      / Ancestry.com
    4. Edinburgh, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1832-1966, Ancestry.com, Edinburgh City Archives; Edinburgh, Scotland; Register of Voters for the City of Edinburgh and the Burgh of Leith; Reference: SL56/158 / Ancestry.com
    5. British Phone Books, 1880-1984, Ancestry.com, BT Archives; London, England; British Phone Books 1880-1984 / Ancestry.com
    6. Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014, Ancestry.com, Deceased Online; United Kingdom; Deceased Online Burial Indexes / Ancestry.com
    7. David and William Birrell history, Terrence Shawe
      ID: I87299529 Name: George David BIRRELL Given Name: George David Surname: Birrell Sex: M Birth: 20 May 1917 in 73 Bread St Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday May 20, 1917

    • The temperature on May 20, 1917 was between 10.5 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
      • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
      • May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
      • June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
      • July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
      • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
      • October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.

    Day of death May 9, 1997

    • The temperature on May 9, 1997 was between 7.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
      • February 5 » The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
      • February 28 » An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
      • May 11 » Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
      • September 11 » NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
      • September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
      • December 29 » Hong Kong begins to kill all the city's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.

    Day of burial May 16, 1997

    • The temperature on May 16, 1997 was between 12.6 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
      • April 13 » Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
      • July 20 » The fully restored USSConstitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
      • July 27 » About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
      • September 26 » A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
      • December 15 » Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85.
      • December 19 » SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
    

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