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Personal data Leighton Thomas Hester 

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Household of Leighton Thomas Hester

(1) He had a relationship with Effie Lula Hester.


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(2) He is married to Nancy Gladys Askew.

They got married on September 30, 1944 at Colbert Co., AL, he was 60 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Leighton Thomas Hester

Leighton Thomas Hester
1883-1960

(1) 
Effie Lula Hester
1888-1942

Leighton Curtis Hester
1910-1977
(2) 1944

Nancy Gladys Askew
1901-1999


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  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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  2. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday November 20, 1883

  • The temperature on November 20, 1883 was about 7.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
    • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
    • September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
    • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
    • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
    • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

Day of marriage September 30, 1944

  • The temperature on September 30, 1944 was between 7.0 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (63%). 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 15 » World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
    • March 24 » World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
    • June 4 » World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.
    • August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
    • September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
    • December 26 » World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.

Day of death August 2, 1960

  • The temperature on August 2, 1960 was between 8.4 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
    • January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
    • April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
    • May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
    • June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
    • October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.


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