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Personal data Rufus Alvis Whisenant 


Household of Rufus Alvis Whisenant

(1) He is married to Mary Alice Williams.

They got married on November 4, 1900 at Dublin, Erath County, Texas, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Louis Cull Whisenant  1901-1994 
  3. Clovis C. Whisenant  1903-1906
  4. Cona Esland Whisenant  1908-1987 


(2) He is married to Maude I. Murdock.

They got married in the year 1917 at St. Louis, St. Louis County, MO, he was 39 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Rufus Alvis Whisenant

John Nicholas Whisenant
1828-1903
Susanna Smith
1824-????

Rufus Alvis Whisenant
1877-1953

(1) 1900

Mary Alice Williams
1883-1965

Louis Cull Whisenant
1901-1994
Clata Estelle Whisenant
1903-1981
Clovis C. Whisenant
1903-1906
Cona Esland Whisenant
1908-1987
(2) 1917

Maude I. Murdock
1893-1954


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Historical events

Birthday August 27, 1877

  • The temperature on August 27, 1877 was about 18.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
    • April 24 » Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
    • May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
    • May 9 » Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
    • July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.
    • September 24 » The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.

Day of marriage November 4, 1900

  • The temperature on November 4, 1900 was about 1.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
    • April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
    • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
    • July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
    • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
    • October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

Day of death August 14, 1953

  • The temperature on August 14, 1953 was between 10.6 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
    • June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
    • August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
    • November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
    • December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
    • December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.


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