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She had a relationship with Robert Francis Brown.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ethel Marie Dirks

Alvie H. Dirks
± 1895-????
Myra S. Allen
± 1896-????

Ethel Marie Dirks
1918-1978


Robert Francis Brown
1918-1963


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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=46911417&pid=159
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  2. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 40, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1641; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 1493 / Ancestry.com
  3. Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Ancestry.com, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Reel: 627 / Ancestry.com
  4. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: Upper Darby, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03497; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 23-194 / Ancestry.com
  5. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  6. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1990, Ancestry.com, "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; Year: 1936 / Ancestry.com
  7. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924, Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1966; Certificate Number Range: 040051-042900 / Ancestry.com
  8. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Aldan, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0003 / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday August 10, 1918

  • The temperature on August 10, 1918 was between 9.8 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
    • May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
    • August 8 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
    • October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
    • November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
    • November 18 » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.

Christening day May 22, 1921

  • The temperature on May 22, 1921 was between 6.7 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
    • February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
    • April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
    • May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
    • June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
    • July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
    • September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.


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Source: Wikipedia


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