Kennedy Family Tree » Willis Pomeroy Polhemus (1855-1940)

Personal data Willis Pomeroy Polhemus 

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Household of Willis Pomeroy Polhemus

He is married to Millicent Wood.

They got married on May 17, 1887 at Hastings, Barry, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, he was 31 years old.Sources 3, 4


Child(ren):

  1. Olive Isabel Polhemus  1888-1966 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willis Pomeroy Polhemus

Willis Pomeroy Polhemus
1855-1940

1887

Millicent Wood
1862-????

Olive Isabel Polhemus
1888-1966

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=108831291&pid=23259
    / Ancestry.com
  2. California, Death Index, 1940-1997, Ancestry.com, Date: 1940-05-01 / Ancestry.com
  3. Web: Barry County, Michigan, Marriage Index, 1839-2012, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 33; Film Description: 1886 Wayne-1887 Iosco

Historical events

Birthday December 18, 1855

  • The temperature on December 18, 1855 was about -3.0 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 14 » Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
    • February 22 » The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania).
    • March 2 » Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
    • June 4 » Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USSSupply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
    • July 4 » The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn.
    • August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.

Day of marriage May 17, 1887

  • The temperature on May 17, 1887 was about 10.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
    • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
    • November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.

Day of death May 1, 1940

  • The temperature on May 1, 1940 was between 8.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
    • May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
    • May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
    • August 19 » First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
    • October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
    • November 7 » In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.


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Source: Wikipedia

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