Downs Tree » Vergie Thornton (1911-1944)

Personal data Vergie Thornton 

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Household of Vergie Thornton

She has/had a relationship with Robert K Harris.


Child(ren):

  1. Shirley M Harris  1929-2019
  2. Carter Lee Harris  1931-2015
  3. (Not public)

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    Sources

    1. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    2. Louisiana, U.S., Statewide Death Index, 1819-1964, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    4. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    5. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    6. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday April 16, 1911

    • The temperature on April 16, 1911 was between 4.3 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (52%). 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
      • May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
      • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
      • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
      • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
      • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

    Day of death November 25, 1944

    • The temperature on November 25, 1944 was between 3.5 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • February 7 » World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
      • April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
      • June 10 » World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
      • August 20 » World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
      • September 17 » World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
      • October 25 » Second World War: The USSTang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
    

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