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Personal data William Thomas Gillan 

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Household of William Thomas Gillan

He has/had a relationship with Marjorie Ethel Coon.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Thomas Gillan

Hannah Irving
1865-1929

William Thomas Gillan
1897-1978



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    1. Web: Canada, GenWeb Cemetery Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    2. British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    4. 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, Year: 1911; Census Place: 41 - Glanford, Wentworth, Ontario; Page: 5; Family No: 54 / Ancestry.com
    5. 1921 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 98; Census Place: Clanford (Township), Wentworth, Ontario; Page Number: 8 / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    • The temperature on September 26, 1897 was about 21.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
      • June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
      • July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
      • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
      • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
      • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
    • The temperature on June 8, 1978 was between 12.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
      • January 24 » Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
      • May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
      • August 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
      • November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
      • November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.
      • December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
    

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