Carter-Aaron tree » George Cowden (1894-1976)

Personal data George Cowden 

  • He was born on March 16, 1894 in 43 John St, Islington (RD), London.
  • Census in the year 1911, 53 Brooksby St, Islington, London.
    Butcher
  • Census in the year 1939, 8 Luna Rd, Croydon, Surrey.
    Motor Haulage Contractor
  • (Military Enlistment) on October 21, 1914.
  • (Military Discharge) on March 3, 1919.
    R.A.S.C. Driver
  • He died in the year 1976 in Croydon (RD), Surrey, he was 81 years old.
  • A child of ?? and Georgina Brooker

Household of George Cowden

He is married to Edith Carter.

They got married on September 20, 1914 at Parish Church, Battersea, Wandsworth (RD), London, he was 20 years old.

Witnesses:Charles Carter / Louisa Carter

Child(ren):

  2. (Not public)
  3. (Not public)
  4. Dorothy A. Cowden  1927-1954

The couple are divorced.

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Birthday March 16, 1894

  • The temperature on March 16, 1894 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 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 year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
    • May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
    • July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
    • November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
    • November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
    • November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.

Day of marriage September 20, 1914

  • The temperature on September 20, 1914 was between 5.8 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 10.0 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
    • March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
    • July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
    • August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
    • September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
    • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.


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