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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Historical events

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.
    • March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
    • April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
    • June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
    • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
    • September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
    • 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.
    • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
    • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
    • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
    • August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
    • November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.


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