Family tree Dijkstra » Elmer Robert Briggs (1891-1954)

Personal data Elmer Robert Briggs 

  • He was born on November 1, 1891 in New Sharon, Iowa.
  • He died on April 6, 1954 in Newton, Jasper C., Iowa, he was 62 years old.
  • A child of Ada Wildman
  • This information was last updated on July 11, 2018.

Household of Elmer Robert Briggs

He is married to Elma Margaret Fritz.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  1. Elma Ruth Briggs  1918-1998


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elmer Robert Briggs

Ada Wildman
± 1863-1905

Elmer Robert Briggs
1891-1954


Elma Margaret Fritz
1893-1950

Elma Ruth Briggs
1918-1998

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Historical events

Birthday November 1, 1891

  • The temperature on November 1, 1891 was about 11.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
    • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
    • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Day of death April 6, 1954

  • The temperature on April 6, 1954 was between 0.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
    • July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
    • August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
    • September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
    • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
    • November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.


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