Kelson Burbank Genealogy » Ophelia Midkiff Simpson Reeves Murphy Lester (1884-1968)
Personal data Ophelia Midkiff Simpson Reeves Murphy Lester
Source 1Source 2- She was born on February 20, 1884 in Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, USA.
Attention: Married (??-??-915) before birth (February 20, 1884).
Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-915) below 16 years (0). - Resident: Hot Spring, Garland, Arkansas.Source 2
- She died on August 26, 1968 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA, she was 84 years old.
- A child of Benjamin Franklin Lester and Martha Elvira Lester Hughes
Household of Ophelia Midkiff Simpson Reeves Murphy Lester
(1) She is married to George Dee Midkiff.
They got married on November 10, 1906 at Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, USA, she was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
- Hester Bernice Midkiff 1908-2017
(2) She is married to Thomas Alexander Reeves.
They got married in the year 915.
Child(ren):
- Ruby Reeves 1916-1976
- Glassie L Reeves 1920-1927
- Virgil William Reeves 1922-1996
(3) She is married to Murphy Murphy.
They got married after er 1940.
(4) She is married to Pascal Simpson.
They got married on May 12, 1914 at Garland County, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten, she was 30 years old.Source 2
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Sources
- Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 20, 1884
- The temperature on February 20, 1884 was about 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
- February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
- April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
- May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
- November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
- December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of marriage May 12, 1914
- The temperature on May 12, 1914 was between 3.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
- April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
- August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
- September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
- October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
- November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
- November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
Day of death August 26, 1968
- The temperature on August 26, 1968 was between 15.4 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
- April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
- April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
- August 22 » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
- October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
- November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
- November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
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- 1966 » W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894)
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