Bißmeyer-Bissmeyer-Bismeyer-Bismeijer Family » Edward Blackwell (1885-1955)

Personal data Edward Blackwell 


Household of Edward Blackwell

(1) He is married to Wilhelmina Gregory.

They got married before 1916.


Child(ren):



(2) He is married to Jessie Jane Peartree.

They got married on August 9, 1917 at Wandsworth, Surrey, England, he was 32 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Edward Blackwell  1919-1989
  2. Victor Blackwell  1929-1993
  3. Ronald Blackwell  1931-1977 
  4. George Blackwell  1935-1980

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  • The temperature on August 9, 1917 was between 14.8 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
    • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
    • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
    • June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
    • 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.
    • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
    • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
  • The temperature on November 20, 1955 was between 2.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
    • June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
    • August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
    • September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
    • December 1 » American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.
    • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.


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Pieter C. Bismeijer, "Bißmeyer-Bissmeyer-Bismeyer-Bismeijer Family", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/bismeijer-family/I102549.php : accessed June 1, 2024), "Edward Blackwell (1885-1955)".