Clarke Family Tree » Helen Porter "Dame Nellie Melba" (Helen Porter "Dame Nellie Melba") Mitchell (1861-1931)

Personal data Helen Porter "Dame Nellie Melba" (Helen Porter "Dame Nellie Melba") Mitchell 

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  • First name Helen Porter "Dame Nellie Melba".
  • She was born on May 19, 1861 in "Doonside", Burnley St., Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
  • Occupations:
    • Singer.
    • prima donna.
  • Physical description: coffin adjoins that of her fathers at lilydale||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGFxhieW3zw|her funeral||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r6l-tnTD7c.
  • She died on February 23, 1931 in St Vincent Hospital, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, she was 69 years old.
  • She is buried on February 26, 1931 in Lilydale, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia.
  • A child of David Mitchell and Isabella Ann Dow

Household of Helen Porter "Dame Nellie Melba" (Helen Porter "Dame Nellie Melba") Mitchell

(1) She is married to Charles Nesbitt Frederick Armstrong.

They got married on December 22, 1882 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, she was 21 years old.


Child(ren):



(2) She had a relationship with Phillipe d Orleans.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Helen Porter "Dame Nellie Melba" Mitchell

James Mitchell
1789-1855
James Dow
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Helen Porter "Dame Nellie Melba" Mitchell
1861-1931

(1) 1882

Charles Nesbitt Frederick Armstrong
1858-1948

George Nesbitt Armstrong
1883-1971
(2) 

Phillipe d Orleans
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Historical events

Birthday May 19, 1861

  • The temperature on May 19, 1861 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Liberal forces supporting Benito Juárez enter Mexico City.
    • April 17 » The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
    • June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
    • July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
    • August 6 » Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
    • November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.

Day of marriage December 22, 1882

  • The temperature on December 22, 1882 was about 3.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
    • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
    • May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
    • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
    • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
    • December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.

Day of death February 23, 1931

  • The temperature on February 23, 1931 was between -1.5 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
    • March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
    • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
    • July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
    • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
    • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.

Day of burial February 26, 1931

  • The temperature on February 26, 1931 was between 3.1 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
    • March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
    • March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
    • June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
    • July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
    • August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.


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