Descendants Clement Corbin » Rupert Alexander Wight (1893-1951)

Personal data Rupert Alexander Wight 

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Household of Rupert Alexander Wight

He is married to Leone Agnes Bennett.

They got married on June 1, 1915, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Lois Leone Wight  1920-2004

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Rupert Alexander Wight

Lyman Wight
1796-1858
Jane 'Margaret' Ballantyne
1819-1884

Rupert Alexander Wight
1893-1951

1915

Leone Agnes Bennett
1893-1991

Lois Leone Wight
1920-2004

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    Sources

    1. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com
      Record for Rupert A Wight
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    2. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922, Ancestry.com, Database online.
      Record for Rupert A Wight
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    3. California, Death Index, 1940-1997, Ancestry.com, Database online. Place: Los Angeles; Date: 17 Feb 1951; Social Security: 551034859.
      Record for Rupert A Wight
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    4. 1900 United States Federal Census, Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Fayette, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: T623_428; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 44.
      Name: John W Wight
      Age: 43
      Birth Date: Aug 1856
      Birthplace: Texas
      Home in 1900: Fayette, Decatur, Iowa
      Sheet Number: 6
      Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 115
      Family Number: 115
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Marital Status: Married
      Spouse's Name: Elizibeth J Wight
      Marriage Year: 1889
      Years Married: 11
      Father's Birthplace: New York
      Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
      Occupation: Minister
      Months not employed: 0
      Can Read: Yes
      Can Write: Yes
      Can Speak English: Yes
      House Owned or Rented: O
      Home Free or Mortgaged: F
      Farm or House: H
      Neighbors:
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John W Wight 43
      Elizibeth J Wight 37
      Leslie S Wight 10
      Cyril E Wight 9
      Rupert A Wight 6
    5. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, Database online. Registration Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas; Roll: 1530474; Draft Board: 2.
      Record for Rupert Alexander Wight
      / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday July 1, 1893

    • The temperature on July 1, 1893 was about 14.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
      • August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
      • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
      • October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
      • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
      • December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.

    Day of marriage June 1, 1915

    • The temperature on June 1, 1915 was between 4.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
      • January 25 » Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
      • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
      • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
      • May 22 » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.
      • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
      • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.

    Day of death February 17, 1951

    • The temperature on February 17, 1951 was between 2.5 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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)
    • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
      • March 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
      • April 5 » Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
      • April 29 » Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
      • May 14 » Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
      • July 20 » King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
      • July 26 » Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
    

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