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Personal data William EDWARDS 

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Household of William EDWARDS

He is married to Elsea Barbera Louisa BURGESS.

They got married

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Sources

  1. Robert Cook, Cook, Robert. Supplied by compiler Korrumburra, Victoria, Australia. 2013.

Historical events

Birthday January 24, 1870

  • The temperature on January 24, 1870 was about 0.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 27 » The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
    • August 2 » Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
    • August 24 » The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
    • September 2 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
    • September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
    • September 19 » Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.

Day of death April 3, 1953

  • The temperature on April 3, 1953 was between 6.5 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 19.1 mm of rain during 16.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
    • May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
    • June 2 » The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
    • June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
    • September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
    • September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends


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