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Personal data Bessie Polk 

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Household of Bessie Polk

She has/had a relationship with Henry William Scurlock.


Child(ren):

  3. William Scurlock  1935-1935

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    Historical events

    Birthday December 26, 1910

    • The temperature on December 26, 1910 was between 0.1 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
      • April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
      • April 29 » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
      • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
      • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
      • July 15 » In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
      • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

    Day of death February 25, 1935

    • The temperature on February 25, 1935 was between 4.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
      • February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
      • April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
      • April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
      • June 25 » Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
      • September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
      • December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
    

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