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Personal data William Ernest Muir KNOWLES 

Sources 1, 2

Household of William Ernest Muir KNOWLES

He is married to Ruth Ella MURFET.

They got married on March 17, 1943 at Kimberley, Tasmania, Australia, he was 43 years old.Sources 3, 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Ernest Muir KNOWLES

James KNOWLES
1820-1899
Helen MUIR
1838-????

William Ernest Muir KNOWLES
1899-1987

1943

Ruth Ella MURFET
1895-1949


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Sources

  1. Marguerite
  2. Marguerite Byard
  3. Source
    H. McNeilly, Marriage Register.
  4. to Karen Hughes, e-mail, 21 June 2008; privately held by Hughes ., Kathryn Hodgkinson, Kathryn Hodgkinson, Devonport, Tasmania [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),]

Historical events

Birthday November 1, 1899

  • The temperature on November 1, 1899 was about 8.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
    • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
    • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
    • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
    • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
    • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.

Day of marriage March 17, 1943

  • The temperature on March 17, 1943 was between -1 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
    • February 20 » American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
    • February 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
    • August 23 » World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Union after the Battle of Kursk.
    • September 16 » World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
    • October 17 » Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.

Day of burial February 28, 1987

  • The temperature on February 28, 1987 was between 6.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
    • March 19 » Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
    • April 21 » The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
    • October 1 » The 5.9 Mw  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
    • October 7 » Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
    • December 20 » In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker 'MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1896 » Edmund Blunden, English author, poet, and critic († 1974)
  • 1898 » Arthur Legat, Belgian race car driver († 1960)
  • 1898 » Sippie Wallace, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1986)
  • 1902 » Eugen Jochum, German conductor († 1987)
  • 1902 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist, author, poet, and playwright († 1943)
  • 1903 » Max Adrian, Irish-born British actor († 1973)

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