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Personal data Harry PRESTON 

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Household of Harry PRESTON

He is married to Lydia HODGSON.

They got married on September 15, 1917 at Idle, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, he was 24 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Harry PRESTON

John PRESTON
1810-1882
Elizabeth Jane MYERS
1814-1857
John WALMSLEY

Harry PRESTON
1893-1918

1917

Lydia HODGSON
1893-????


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Sources

  1. "1911 England Census," database, Findmypast, 1911 England Census, www.findmypast.co.uk
  2. "Ancestry.com records," database, Ancestry BMDs, ).
  3. www.calverley.info, Calverley Info site

Historical events

Day of marriage September 15, 1917

  • The temperature on September 15, 1917 was between 6.7 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (76%). 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 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 year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
    • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
    • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
    • November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
    • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Day of death November 15, 1918

  • The temperature on November 15, 1918 was between -1.0 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
    • January 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
    • January 17 » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
    • October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
    • November 11 » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
    • November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
    • December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.


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