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.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
    • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
    • August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
    • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

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.
    • March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
    • May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
    • June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
    • July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
    • September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
    • December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.


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