Finding bio grandfather » Gordon Leroy (Gordon Leroy ) Torrey (1918-1992)

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Household of Gordon Leroy (Gordon Leroy ) Torrey

He is married to Margaret Torrey.

They got married on April 13, 1940 at Kittson, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Gary Lee Torrey  1940-2007 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gordon Leroy Torrey

Alexander "Alex" Torry
1851-1924
Sarah Currie
1851-1912
John Bellamy
1844-1916
Mary Ferris (Ferries)
1848-1921

Gordon Leroy Torrey
1918-1992

1940

Margaret Torrey
1918-2022

Gary Lee Torrey
1940-2007

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    Historical events

    Birthday July 11, 1918

    • The temperature on July 11, 1918 was between 10.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
      • March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
      • August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
      • October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
      • November 11 » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
      • November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
      • December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.

    Day of marriage April 13, 1940

    • The average temperature on April 13, 1940 was 4.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
      • February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
      • March 3 » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
      • August 8 » The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
      • November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
      • November 14 » World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
      • November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.

    Day of death October 9, 1992

    • The temperature on October 9, 1992 was between 6.0 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
      • April 2 » Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
      • May 24 » The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
      • July 18 » A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
      • July 31 » Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
      • September 29 » Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.
      • November 21 » A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.
    

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